Skin and Soft Tissue Surgery

Skin and soft tissue surgery is within the scope of the “general surgery” specialty. We surgically treat a number of common problems such as

• Skin lesions: moles, keratosis, skin tags, etc.
• Skin cancers
• Melanomas
• Sebaceous cysts (also known as inclusion or epidermoid cysts)
• Lipomas
• Lacerations
• Abscesses

Many of these procedures are done in our office under local anesthesia, such as excision of skin lesions (moles, skin tags, etc), excision of small subcutaneous lesions (cysts, lipomas, etc) and drainage of abscesses. Other procedures requiring sedation or general anesthesia are done in the operating room, such as removal of larger masses, melanoma surgery, drainage of larger abscesses or abscess in sensitive areas, etc. We have ultrasound in our office and use it routinely to assess subcutaneous lesions, abscesses, etc and to guide biopsies and other procedures. This allows for a very convenient process and avoids trips to the radiology department.

Instructions after Surgery

• Instructions for Office-Based Procedure (PDF)
• Instructions for Incision and Drainage of Abscess/Boil/Furuncle (PDF)

More info on Skin and Soft Tissue Surgery

• Lipomas from eMedicine
• Sebaceous cyst from Medline Plus
• Melanoma from National Cancer Institute

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