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Patient Satisfaction After Mohs Surgery is not Dependent on Seeing Post-Mohs Defect Prior to Repair
Ganary Dabiri1, Jeffrey Tiger2, Heidi Anderson3
1Roger Williams Medical Center/Boston University School of Medicine, Providence, Rhode Island;
Background:
Optimizing patient satisfaction and scar outcomes is important for the practicing Mohs surgeon.
Objective:
To evaluate whether showing or not showing patients their post-Mohs defect prior to repair influences scar satisfaction.
Materials And Methods:
Fifty patients with a nonmelanoma skin cancer on their head or neck requiring Mohs micrographic surgery were randomized to either see or not see their post-Mohs defect in the mirror prior to repair. Patients evaluated their scar at Week 1 and Week 4 using the patient scar assessment questionnaire.
Results:
There was no statistically significant difference in the primary (scar satisfaction) or secondary outcomes (wound care compliance and complication rates) between the two groups.
Conclusion:
There is no difference in patient scar satisfaction whether patients see or do not see their post-Mohs defect prior to repair.
