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Skin and Soft Tissue

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The skin consists of two layers: epidermis and dermis and is supplied by vascular plexuses from deep perforating vessels. Infectious skin conditions range from cellulitis requiring antibiotics to necrotizing soft tissue infections that need emergent surgical intervention, broad-spectrum antibiotics, and complex reconstruction. Similarly, skin and soft tissue lesions vary from benign lesions to skin cancer as well as soft tissue sarcomas, each with their own details management guidelines.

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  1. General Surgery Residency, NYU Long Island School of Medicine, NYU Langone—Long Island Hospital, Mineola, NY, USA

    Amir H. Sohail

  2. Plastics and Reconstructive Surgery, Saint Joseph’s University Medical Center, Paterson, NJ, USA

    Amaury Martinez

  3. General Surgery Residency, University of Central Florida/HCA Healthcare, Pensacola, FL, USA

    Caroline E. Williams

  4. Plastics and Reconstructive Surgery, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, USA

    Jackson Hunt

  5. Department of Surgery, NYU Long Island School of Medicine, NYU Langone—Long Island Hospital, Mineola, NY, USA

    Jennifer Whittington

  6. Department of Surgery, NYU Grossman School of Medicine, NYU Langone Hospital, New York, NY, USA

    Russell Berman

  7. Division of Surgical Oncology, NYU Regional Cancer Therapy Program, General Surgery Residency Program, NYU Langone Hospital, New York, NY, USA

    Russell Berman

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  1. Cardiothoracic surgery, University of Miami, Miami, FL, USA

    Hana Ajouz

  2. Department of Surgery, NYU Long Island School of Medicine, Mineola, NY, USA

    Collin E. M. Brathwaite

  3. Thoracic Surgery, New York University Langone Medical Cent, New York, NY, USA

    Robert J. Cerfolio

  4. Department of Surgery, NYU Langone General Surgery Associates, New York, NY, USA

    Hersch Leon Pachter

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Sohail, A.H., Martinez, A., Williams, C.E., Hunt, J., Whittington, J., Berman, R. (2023). Skin and Soft Tissue. In: Ajouz, H., Brathwaite, C.E.M., Cerfolio, R.J., Pachter, H.L. (eds) The ABSITE Blueprints. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-32643-1_18

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