Which technique for removing nevi is least scarring?

A shave biopsy with a razor blade or #15 scalpel is the best approach for a facial nevus, assuming malignancy is not suspected. The resulting scar is usually flat, smaller than the lesion, has no suture lines, and -- if shaved in mid or upper dermis -- has a low risk of producing a hypertrophic or h...

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Main Authors: Fisher, Michael, Vines, Hattie H.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Family Physicians Inquiries Network 2007
Subjects:
shave biopsy
malignancy
excisional biopsy
cosmetic outcome
Basal cell nevus syndrome
Face > Surgery
Scars > Prevention
SCAR
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10355/3688
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spelling ftunimissourimos:oai:mospace.umsystem.edu:10355/3688 2023-05-15T18:15:16+02:00 Which technique for removing nevi is least scarring? Fisher, Michael Vines, Hattie H. 2007 http://hdl.handle.net/10355/3688 English eng eng Family Physicians Inquiries Network Journal of family practice, 56, no. 09 (September 2007): 743+ University of Missouri-Columbia. School of Medicine. Department of Family and Community Medicine. Family Physicians Inquiries Network Clinical Inquiries, 2007 (MU) http://hdl.handle.net/10355/3688 OpenAccess. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 License. CC-BY-NC-ND shave biopsy malignancy excisional biopsy cosmetic outcome Basal cell nevus syndrome Face -- Surgery Scars -- Prevention Article 2007 ftunimissourimos 2021-12-06T20:36:49Z A shave biopsy with a razor blade or #15 scalpel is the best approach for a facial nevus, assuming malignancy is not suspected. The resulting scar is usually flat, smaller than the lesion, has no suture lines, and -- if shaved in mid or upper dermis -- has a low risk of producing a hypertrophic or hypotrophic scar (strength of recommendation: C, expert opinion, committee guidelines). Article in Journal/Newspaper SCAR University of Missouri: MOspace
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topic shave biopsy
malignancy
excisional biopsy
cosmetic outcome
Basal cell nevus syndrome
Face -- Surgery
Scars -- Prevention
spellingShingle shave biopsy
malignancy
excisional biopsy
cosmetic outcome
Basal cell nevus syndrome
Face -- Surgery
Scars -- Prevention
Fisher, Michael
Vines, Hattie H.
Which technique for removing nevi is least scarring?
topic_facet shave biopsy
malignancy
excisional biopsy
cosmetic outcome
Basal cell nevus syndrome
Face -- Surgery
Scars -- Prevention
description A shave biopsy with a razor blade or #15 scalpel is the best approach for a facial nevus, assuming malignancy is not suspected. The resulting scar is usually flat, smaller than the lesion, has no suture lines, and -- if shaved in mid or upper dermis -- has a low risk of producing a hypertrophic or hypotrophic scar (strength of recommendation: C, expert opinion, committee guidelines).
format Article in Journal/Newspaper
author Fisher, Michael
Vines, Hattie H.
author_facet Fisher, Michael
Vines, Hattie H.
author_sort Fisher, Michael
title Which technique for removing nevi is least scarring?
title_short Which technique for removing nevi is least scarring?
title_full Which technique for removing nevi is least scarring?
title_fullStr Which technique for removing nevi is least scarring?
title_full_unstemmed Which technique for removing nevi is least scarring?
title_sort which technique for removing nevi is least scarring?
publisher Family Physicians Inquiries Network
publishDate 2007
url http://hdl.handle.net/10355/3688
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op_relation Journal of family practice, 56, no. 09 (September 2007): 743+
University of Missouri-Columbia. School of Medicine. Department of Family and Community Medicine. Family Physicians Inquiries Network
Clinical Inquiries, 2007 (MU)
http://hdl.handle.net/10355/3688
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