2021
DOI: 10.1016/j.adoms.2021.100083
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Skin cancer surgery at the time of the covid-19 pandemic: A single center experience

Abstract: Elective operations were significantly reduced in order to eliminate, as much as possible, the risks of SARS -CoV-2 virus infection for both patients and medical personnel and to leave the clinical facilities and intensive care available for access to COVID patients. We looked at the total number of patients treated for skin cancer surgery at both hospitals from the 23rd of March 2020 till the 28th of May 2020, the demographic characteristics, the medical comorbidities, the pathologies operated on in day surge… Show more

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“…The structural integrity of the skin is also crucial for maintaining physiological functions. However, in addition to usual skin damage (physical or chemical), skin cancers are occupying a leading place of malignancy in humans, particularly in the Caucasian population in the elderly [3][4][5]. The most common skin cancer types are basal cell carcinomas (BCCs), squamous cell carcinomas (SCCs) (both also referred as nonmelanocytic skin cancer-NMSC), and cutaneous malignant melanomas (CMs) (also designed as malignant melanoma of the skin or melanoma) [6].…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The structural integrity of the skin is also crucial for maintaining physiological functions. However, in addition to usual skin damage (physical or chemical), skin cancers are occupying a leading place of malignancy in humans, particularly in the Caucasian population in the elderly [3][4][5]. The most common skin cancer types are basal cell carcinomas (BCCs), squamous cell carcinomas (SCCs) (both also referred as nonmelanocytic skin cancer-NMSC), and cutaneous malignant melanomas (CMs) (also designed as malignant melanoma of the skin or melanoma) [6].…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%