Pre-operative drawings of anticipated closures as a visual tool to align patient and physician expectations for Mohs and reconstructive surgery

Arch Dermatol Res. 2023 Dec 16;316(1):45. doi: 10.1007/s00403-023-02774-4.

Authors

Megan H Trager^#¹, Dawn Queen^#², Elizabeth Denson², Weijia Fan³, Soundos Youssef², Faramarz H Samie²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Dermatology, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, Herbert Irving Pavilion, 12th Floor, New York, NY, 10032, USA. mht2132@cumc.columbia.edu.
² Department of Dermatology, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, Herbert Irving Pavilion, 12th Floor, New York, NY, 10032, USA.
³ Department of Biostatistics, Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health, New York, NY, USA.

^# Contributed equally.

PMID: 38103050
DOI: 10.1007/s00403-023-02774-4

No abstract available

Keywords: Drawings; Mohs micrographic surgery; Outcomes; Patient satisfaction.

MeSH terms

Humans
Mohs Surgery
Motivation
Physicians*
Plastic Surgery Procedures*
Skin Neoplasms* / surgery
Surgery, Plastic*