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Reconstructive Options Following Surgery of Primary Melanoma

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Choosing the optimal technique for wound management requires an understanding of the basic concepts and principles of wound healing, including skin tension, skin vascularity, and tissue compliance, together with a detailed knowledge of the local and regional anatomy. This chapter provides the reader with a framework outlining the various principles and concepts of wound closure to facilitate the management of defects after melanoma excision.

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  1. Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Norfolk & Norwich University Hospital, Norwich, UK

    Marc Moncrieff

  2. Department of Plastic Surgery, Cleveland Clinic, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland, OH, USA

    Brian Gastman

  3. Department of Plastic Surgery, College of Medicine, Penn State University, Hershey, PA, USA

    Rogerio Izar Neves

  4. Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Leeds, UK

    Howard Peach

  5. Department of Surgery, Division of Plastic Surgery and Surgical Oncology, The University of Oklahoma Health Science Center, Oklahoma City, OK, USA

    Anthony P. Tufaro

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  1. Department of Surgical Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA

    Charles M. Balch

  2. Department of Oncology, Georgetown University Medical Center, Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center, Washington, DC, USA

    Michael B. Atkins

  3. Centre for Dermatooncology, Department of Dermatology, Eberhard Karls University, Tuebingen, Germany

    Claus Garbe

  4. Departments of Surgical Oncology and Cancer Biology, Melanoma and Skin Center, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA

    Jeffrey E. Gershenwald

  5. Dermatology Service, Department of Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA

    Allan C. Halpern

  6. Departments of Medicine, Dermatology, and Translational Science, University of Pittsburgh and UPMC Hillman Cancer Center, Pittsburgh, PA, USA

    John M. Kirkwood

  7. Divisions of Cancer Medicine and Research, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Melbourne, VIC, Australia

    Grant A. McArthur

  8. Melanoma Institute Australia, Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia

    John F. Thompson

  9. Department of Dermatology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA

    Arthur J. Sober

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Moncrieff, M., Gastman, B., Neves, R.I., Peach, H., Tufaro, A.P. (2020). Reconstructive Options Following Surgery of Primary Melanoma. In: Balch, C., et al. Cutaneous Melanoma. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-05070-2_53

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