Prevalence of wound complications following Mohs micrographic surgery (MMS): a cross-sectional study of 1000 patients undergoing MMS and wound repair in a UK teaching hospital.

David RutkowskiZoe LittlewoodSarah Judith Jean TouyzNicholas James CollierVishal MadanHarvinder Singh GhuraZenas Zee Ngai YiuNicholas Telfer

Published in: Clinical and experimental dermatology (2022)

We advocate that patients should be informed during the consent procedure that less than 1 in every 100 patients (0.75%) undergoing MMS will have a serious adverse event (major complication) affecting their cosmetic or functional outcome.

Keyphrases

patients undergoing
end stage renal disease
risk factors
minimally invasive
surgical site infection
chronic kidney disease
ejection fraction
newly diagnosed
peritoneal dialysis
basal cell carcinoma
emergency department
cross sectional
coronary artery disease