Surgical Deroofing in the Management of Hidradenitis Suppurativa Alone or as an Adjunct to Medical Therapies
Deroofing is a safe and effective surgical technique that can be used for acute and chronic recurrent/fixed lesions in Hurley I-III disease alone or as an adjunct to systemic therapies. Deroofing has a low recurrence rate, reduces pain, and improves QoL.
Authors
- Reidar Hagtvedt (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5698-6273)
- Trang T. Vu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9393-3114)
- Christopher P. Keeling
- Laura C. Soong (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2483-3325)
Institutions
- University of Alberta (CA)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Dermatologic Surgery
- Published
- 2025-03-17
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1097/dss.0000000000004604
- Citations
- 3
- Primary Topic
- Hidradenitis Suppurativa and Treatments
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 6.01