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ORIGINAL RESEARCH article

Front. Surg.
Sec. Reconstructive and Plastic Surgery
Volume 11 - 2024 | doi: 10.3389/fsurg.2024.1451660

SF method for removing small skin melanocytic nevus

Provisionally accepted
Jianfei Zhang Jianfei Zhang 1*Kaixi Tan Kaixi Tan 2*Yujun Tang Yujun Tang 1Xia Xiao Xia Xiao 1*Feng Yang Feng Yang 1*Jie Chen Jie Chen 1*
  • 1 The Second Affiliated Hospital, Hengyang Medical School,University of South China, Hengyang, China
  • 2 The Affiliated Nanhua Hospital, Hengyang Medical School, University of South China, Hengyang, China

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    The most prevalent benign skin tumor is a melanocytic nevus, which can potentially turn cancerous and frequently impair a patient's appearance.Objective To find a standardized surgical procedure for the removal of tiny skin pigmented nevis and to look into the effectiveness of the SF technique for doing so.Methods A retrospective study was conducted on 723 patients with small-sized pigmented nevi between June 2022 and June 2023. The nevi were removed using the SF method, and the patients' overall health and the duration of the procedure were recorded. Three months following the procedure, the patients completed a questionnaire to assess the effectiveness, recurrence, complications, and degree of satisfaction with the surgical outcome.Compared with the normal method, SF method had shorter operation time, higher effective rate, no recurrence and other postoperative complications after 6 months, less scar hyperplasia, and good evaluation satisfaction of all patients. No patient was rated as average or poor. No recurrence.The standardized surgical approaches for the small-size excision of melanocytic nevuses may be easily mastered by primary practitioners using the SF method, making it a valuable tool for practical use.

    Keywords: SF method, Skin surgery, Melanocytic nevus, SCAR, Surgical technique

    Received: 19 Jun 2024; Accepted: 25 Jul 2024.

    Copyright: © 2024 Zhang, Tan, Tang, Xiao, Yang and Chen. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

    * Correspondence:
    Jianfei Zhang, The Second Affiliated Hospital, Hengyang Medical School,University of South China, Hengyang, China
    Kaixi Tan, The Affiliated Nanhua Hospital, Hengyang Medical School, University of South China, Hengyang, China
    Xia Xiao, The Second Affiliated Hospital, Hengyang Medical School,University of South China, Hengyang, China
    Feng Yang, The Second Affiliated Hospital, Hengyang Medical School,University of South China, Hengyang, China
    Jie Chen, The Second Affiliated Hospital, Hengyang Medical School,University of South China, Hengyang, China

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