Posts Tagged ‘clinicians’

Surgical versus pathological excision margins—an excision too far?

Abstract  A common observation by clinicians who surgically excise skin pathology is the discrepancy between the measured size of the
surgical specimen and that of the measurements reported by the examining pathologist. This discrepancy can often be the difference
between whether, in the case of skin malignancies, the patient requires further wider excision, follow-up and, in cases where
relevant, discharge. Could it therefore mean that patients are needlessly undergoing further excisions that could be avoided
with more careful attention to specimen measurements and specimen ‘shrinkage,’ both surgically and pathologically? We measured
the length and width of skin lesions excised pre- and post-operatively and compared these measurements with the reported histopathological…

Iatrogenic burns

Lately, we became aware of a letter to the editor commenting on our manuscript entitled “Congenital burns?” in the journal Burns. The comment made by Mr. Kanchan is not critical of the suggestion made by us, but instead seeks to provide another term ‘iatrogenic congenital burns’, which we believe is a tautology. As already emphasized, case reports of rarity certainly serve as a valuable knowledge bank to the clinical fraternity and help the practicing clinicians in the management of similar rare clinical cases encountered during their medical practice . There is no denying the fact that the case report published by Mr. Suliman is one such case of importance. The circumstances of iatrogenic burns as observed by Mr. Suliman are undoubtedly worth reporting in the present era of increa…