Beyond the Digest: July 2025

Beyond the Digest are bonus episodes to the DermSurgery Digest that include reviews of interesting and relevant articles from Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery (ASPS), JAMA Dermatology and Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology (JAAD).

Articles featured in this episode include: 

• “Mohs micrographic surgery reduces the risk of reconstruction with positive margins, repeat surgeries, and time to definitive reconstruction compared to conventional excision of hand and foot melanomas: A retrospective cohort study” JAAD
• “Risk of metastasis at presentation and disease-specific death for desmoplastic and spindle cell melanoma: A SEER database analysis” JAAD
• “Nail unit melanoma treated with Mohs micrographic surgery: Technique, local recurrence rate, and surgical outcomes” JAAD
• “Limitations of the commercially available gene expression test in predicting cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma metastasis and clinical outcomes” JAAD
• “Mohs Surgery vs Wide Local Excision in Primary High-Stage Cutaneous Squamous Cell Carcinoma” JAMA 
• “Improvement in Temple Hollowing with VYC-20L Hyaluronic Acid Filler: A Multicenter Randomized Controlled Trial of Safety and Effectiveness” ASPS

Beyond the Digest Contributors include Naomi Lawrence, MD, Dermatologic Surgery Digital Content Editor; Yesul Kim, MD, Beyond the Digest Co-host; Kavita Darji, MD; Ami Greene, MD; Tara Jennings, MD; Sydney Proffer, MD; Kathryn Shahwan, MD; and Yssra Soliman, MD.

Your feedback is encouraged. Please contact communicationstaff@asds.net.