Battery-Powered Electrocautery and Curettage vs Electrodesiccation and Curettage for the Treatment of Nonmelanoma Skin Cancer

Kevin K Veverka; Erik J Stratman

doi:10.1001/jamadermatol.2022.1450

Battery-Powered Electrocautery and Curettage vs Electrodesiccation and Curettage for the Treatment of Nonmelanoma Skin Cancer

JAMA Dermatol. 2022 Jul 1;158(7):826-828. doi: 10.1001/jamadermatol.2022.1450.

Authors

Kevin K Veverka¹, Erik J Stratman¹

Affiliation

¹ Department of Dermatology, Marshfield Clinic Health System, Marshfield, Wisconsin.

Abstract

This comparative effectiveness study compares the cure rates of battery-powered electrocautery and curettage vs electrodesiccation and curettage in treating nonmelanoma skin cancer.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Curettage
Electrocoagulation
Humans
Skin Neoplasms* / surgery