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    Adjunctive Confocal Microscopy Can Reduce Unnecessary Skin Excisions, Study Finds

    Dermatology & Cosmetic Care
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      deepali last edited by

      Using adjunctive reflectance confocal microscopy (RCM) for examining suspect skin lesions reduced the number of unnecessary skin excisions by 43%, results from a large randomized clinical trial showed. The systematic application of RCM in the triage of high-risk patients should improve diagnostic accuracy and reduce unnecessary excisions for histopathological diagnostic confirmation, thereby reducing costs, surgical waiting lists, and delayed diagnoses

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        Mina S @deepali last edited by

        @deepali the clinical application of RCM has mainly been limited to retrospective and prospective observational studies producing hypothetical estimates of clinical applicability without intention to affect clinical and therapeutic patient pathways.

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