Variation in the Surgical Care of Early Stage Melanoma Based on Surgical Subspecialty: Evaluation of Large Healthcare System
Overall compliance with surgical margin size and excision depth was 80.8% and 84.8%, respectively. In our study, 93% of eligible patients underwent SLNB. Despite overall high compliance rates, we noted large differences in guideline compliance among the surgeons' subspecialty.
Authors
- Richard L. Essner (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3683-2944)
- Brett Crosby
- Udai S. Sibia (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3443-124X)
- Kristel Lourdault (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2875-5918)
- Danny Lascano (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6750-5471)
- Arthur W. Cowman
- Tyler Aguilar
- Deanna Rider
- Stacey Stern
- Emiliano Reyes
Institutions
- Providence College (US)
- Saint John's Health Center (US)
- Sisters of Providence Health System (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Annals of Surgery Open
- Published
- 2026-02-09
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1097/as9.0000000000000650
- Primary Topic
- Cutaneous Melanoma Detection and Management
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00