Rise in the Number of Complex Skin Cancers Necessitates Establishing Mohs Micrographic Surgery Fellowships in Pakistan

Shahan Tariq; Afshan Saeed; Hamza Ismaeel; Sana Ullah; Muhammad Ammar Hamid

doi:10.7759/cureus.43183

Rise in the Number of Complex Skin Cancers Necessitates Establishing Mohs Micrographic Surgery Fellowships in Pakistan

Cureus. 2023 Aug 9;15(8):e43183. doi: 10.7759/cureus.43183. eCollection 2023 Aug.

Authors

Shahan Tariq¹, Afshan Saeed^{2

3}, Hamza Ismaeel⁴, Sana Ullah⁵, Muhammad Ammar Hamid⁶

Affiliations

¹ Dermatology, National University of Medical Sciences, Rawalpindi, PAK.
² Dermatology, Pak-Emirates Military Hospital, Rawalpindi, PAK.
³ Dermatology, District Headquarters (DHQ) Hospital Haripur, Haripur, PAK.
⁴ Pediatrics, Rawalpindi Medical University, Rawalpindi, PAK.
⁵ Oncology, NORI Hospital, Islamabad, PAK.
⁶ Internal Medicine, University of South Dakota Sanford School of Medicine, Sioux Falls, USA.

Abstract

As more and more patients seek treatment for increasingly complicated and cosmetically challenging skin cancers, Mohs Micrographic Surgery (MMS) is now exceedingly in demand. Training in MMS could help dermatologists improve patient outcomes allowing them to handle complex lesions safely and efficiently and hence, provide the best possible care. As a result, there is an urgent need to train additional dermatologists in Mohs Surgery in order to meet the huge demand for dermatologists with imperative expertise, specifically in this field.

Keywords: dermato-oncology; facial plastic; fellowship of dermatology; moh's micrographic surgery; mohs reconstruction; mohs surgery; reconstructive microsurgery.

Publication types

Editorial