Faculty: Mike Swann, MD Dr. Mike Swann presented a lecture on mastering the surgical procedure Friday morning with the comment “ a solid understanding of anatomy is required to do no harm”. He reviewed the “danger zones” of facial anatomy explaining that if “you stay in the subcutis you can stay out of trouble”. This …
On the 3rd day of the 16th Annual Fall Dermatology Conference, Dr. Daniel Miller from the University of Minnesota Medical Center, presented a clinically relevant lecture on Biopsy Techniques: Getting the Most Out of Your Specimens. He started his lecture by highlighting that more than 2.2 million cutaneous biopsies are performed annually and that the …
Typically, when a basal cell carcinoma (BCC) is removed, the punch or shave biopsy includes a small margin and pathology results often include comments on a small amount of the margin. If the margin status is negative then clinicians may conclude that the lesion has been completely removed and does not require further treatment. A …