Minor Surgery in Primary Care

A total of 2317 surgical procedures were performed on 1520 patients. The concordance between clinical and anatomopathological diagnosis was 81%. There were complications in 5% of them. The main pathologies were: epidermoid cysts (22%), nevus (20%), and fibromas (18%). They were mainly located in the back (24%), super extremities (14%), and head (11%). Minor Surgical procedures are a set of procedures in which short surgical techniques are applied on superficial tissues, usually with local anesthesia, and minimal complications, they usually do not require postoperative resuscitation and need minimal equipment, many of which are used on a daily basis. General practitioners handle anesthesia techniques

 

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