Management of acute, lower extremity surgical wounds using an ablative fractional laser: A single-center, randomized, double-blinded controlled trial

Daniel Tinker; Mike Fritz; Jordan Tanner; Chris Willis; Mitchell Gibbons; Zachary Doerrer; Eric S Armbrecht; Ramona Behshad

doi:10.1016/j.jaad.2021.10.067

Management of acute, lower extremity surgical wounds using an ablative fractional laser: A single-center, randomized, double-blinded controlled trial

J Am Acad Dermatol. 2022 Nov;87(5):1176-1178. doi: 10.1016/j.jaad.2021.10.067. Epub 2022 Mar 26.

Authors

Daniel Tinker¹, Mike Fritz¹, Jordan Tanner¹, Chris Willis¹, Mitchell Gibbons¹, Zachary Doerrer¹, Eric S Armbrecht¹, Ramona Behshad²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Dermatology, St. Louis University, Saint Louis, Missouri.
² Department of Dermatology, St. Louis University, Saint Louis, Missouri. Electronic address: ramona.behshad@health.slu.edu.

PMID: 35346755
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaad.2021.10.067

No abstract available

Keywords: EuroQol-5Dimensional (EQ-5D); Mohs micrographic surgery (MMS); basal cell carcinoma (BCC); carbon dioxide ablative fractional laser (CO(2)AFL); nonmelanoma skin cancer (NMSC); squamous cell carcinoma (SCC).

Publication types

Randomized Controlled Trial

MeSH terms

Carcinoma, Basal Cell* / surgery
Humans
Lasers
Lower Extremity / surgery
Mohs Surgery
Skin Neoplasms* / surgery
Surgical Wound* / surgery