AEs are uncommon after office-based dermatologic surgery procedures. Preoperative antibiotics may further decrease the infection rate after dermatologic surgery, but the risks and benefits must be weighed given the already low AE rate.
Adverse event rate appears to correlate with patient demographics, procedure type, and setting of surgery more than use of prophylactic antibiotics. Identification of differences in adverse event rates and potential contributing variables at different practices may allow for identification of opportunities to prevent adverse events.
BACKGROUND. A 49-year-old patient presented with a basal cell carcinoma growing on scar tissue left following excision of a parotid gland pleomorphic adenoma. OBJECTIVE. The objective was to determine whether the basal cell carcinoma had resulted from tumor spillage at the time of the pleomorphic adenoma excision. METHODS. Substantial evidence is presented linking the two tumors.
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