January 2023

In this podcast of the January issue of Dermatologic Surgery, published by the American Society for Dermatologic Surgery, you'll hear a summary of the original articles, reconstructive conundrums, and communications. Contributors to this podcast include Naomi Lawrence, MD, Dermatologic Surgery Digital Content Editor; Monica Boen, MD; Deirdre Connolly, MD; Ashley Decker, MD; Deirdre Hooper, MD; Isabella Jones, MD; Erica Leavitt, MD; Karan Lal, DO; Ardalan Minokadeh, MD, PhD; Christie Regula, MD; and Michael Renzi, MD.

In this podcast, surgical oncology and reconstruction articles are presented first and general dermatologic surgery and cosmetics articles follow, beginning at 34:05.

BONUS CONTENT – Beyond the Digest

Beyond the Digest begins at 1:03:08.

Beyond the Digest is bonus content that includes the review of interesting and relevant articles from the Journal of the American Medical Association Dermatology and the Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology.

The January Beyond the Digest includes article reviews from the Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology.

• Prognostic impact of Breslow thickness in acral melanoma: A retrospective analysis
• Desmoplastic melanoma treated with wide local excision or Mohs micrographic surgery: Rates of positive margins, local recurrence, and repeat surgeries
• Immune status does not independently influence cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma metastasis and death when stratified by tumor stage: A dual-center retrospective cohort analysis of primary N0 disease
• Optimizing treatment approaches for patients with cutaneous melanoma by integrating clinical and pathologic features with the 31-gene expression profile test
• Value of permanent pathology for debulk and Mohs specimens during Mohs micrographic surgery for cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma: A retrospective cohort study
• Assessing rates of compliance with national guidelines regarding sentinel lymph node biopsy for invasive melanomas treated with Mohs surgery

Beyond the Digest Contributors include Naomi Lawrence, MD, Dermatologic Surgery Digital Content Editor; Elizabeth Cusick, MD; Ami Greene, MD; and Yesul Kim, MD.

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