Associate Professor Tony Dicker shares a very interesting skin cancer case study from his own practice, walking through the whole process from diagnosis to treatment via secondary intention healing.
In this video, A/Prof Tony Dicker — who is an expert instructor for HealthCert's skin cancer surgery workshops — shares a challenging case from his practice in which a patient presented with a skin cancer on the inner corner of his eye.
This is a complex site for both dermoscopy and surgical excision, so A/Prof Dicker walks through how he managed this challenging case, including his tips for dermoscopy and biopsy in concave areas.
He then explains how he removed this lesion with secondary intention healing. Healing by secondary intention occurs when a wound (often with significant tissue loss or edges that cannot be easily approximated) is left open to heal naturally, relying on the body's own mechanisms to fill in the wound with new tissue.
A/Prof Dicker shares the step-by-step surgical procedure, wound care and follow-up, plus photos and valuable insights he has gained from his experience.
See all this and more in the 10-minute video below!
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