[cancercured] SKIN BIOPSY: THE 'SAFE' PROCEDURE THAT GOES WRONG 30 PER CENT OF TIME

[healthy.net]

SKIN BIOPSY: THE 'SAFE' PROCEDURE THAT GOES WRONG 30 PER CENT OF THE
TIME
A skin biopsy is supposed to be one of the simplest, and safest,
procedures. But while the patient is assured the procedure is completely
safe, researchers have discovered that nearly a third of all biopsies
have complications, such as wound infections. The patient was more
likely to suffer complications if the skin biopsy was performed below
the waist, if the procedure happened in a hospital ward rather than in
the outpatient unit, if the patient was a smoker and if he or she was
taking corticosteroid drugs at the time.

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