Evidence-Based Procedural Dermatology
This book compiles the best evidence in procedural dermatology, including skin cancer surgery, laser techniques, minimally invasive cosmetic surgery, and emerging techniques. Building on the highly successful first edition, this volume provides much expan
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Evidence-Based Procedural Dermatology
Murad Alam Editor
Evidence-Based Procedural Dermatology Second Edition
Editor Murad Alam Department of Dermatology Northwestern University Chicago, IL USA
ISBN 978-3-030-02022-4 ISBN 978-3-030-02023-1 (eBook) https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-02023-1 © Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2012, 2019 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors, and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. The publisher remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations. This Springer imprint is published by the registered company Springer Nature Switzerland AG The registered company address is: Gewerbestrasse 11, 6330 Cham, Switzerland
To my parents, Rahat and Rehana Alam, my sister, Nigar Alam, my nephew Ali, and my (favorite) niece, Noor. To my mentors, Ken Arndt, Jeff Dover, David Bickers, Leonard Goldberg, Randy Roenigk, Ron Moy, June Robinson, Hal Brody, Scott Dinehart, Desiree Ratner, Bill Coleman, Tri Nguyen, Elizabeth McBurney, Amy Paller, Dirk Elston, Alex Miller, and George Hruza.
Preface to the Second Edition
Since the first edition of this text, much has changed. The methodologic quality of the literature in dermatologic surgery has continued to improve [1, 2]. Journals are encouraging, and authors are accepting, the importance of well- designed studies that are also written up in accordance with appropriate reporting guidelines, like those maintained by Equator [3]. For therapeutic and interventional studies, the importance of carefully selected outcome measures is increasingly apparent. As the Cochrane Collaboration and others have found, research waste can result when the results of small studies cannot be pooled because the outcome measures used are too disparate to reconcile [4, 5]. This problem may ultimately be rectified by the development of core outcome sets, or minimum groups of agreed-upon outcomes that would be employed by all investigators studying a particular disease or condition. In dermatologic surgery
