DOI: 10.1213/xaa.0000000000001783 ISSN: 2575-3126

Basal Cell Carcinoma Formation Within A Spinal Cord Stimulator Surgical Scar: A Case Report

Paul A. DeJulio, Christopher J. Yih, Timothy M. Dang, Rajiv D. Reddy
  • General Medicine

Implanting neuromodulation devices requires that pain medicine physicians be well-versed in proper surgical technique and postoperative wound management. To be able to identify abnormal wound healing, a basic understanding of normal wound healing is required. When postoperative wounds deviate from expected healing, it is important that pain medicine physicians entertain a broad differential diagnosis, including nonsurgical dermatologic pathology.

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