Recommendations on dermatologic surgery during the COVID-19 pandemic

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¹ Department of Dermatology, Liverpool Hospital, Liverpool, New South Wales; Faculty of Medicine, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, New South Wales.
² The Skin Hospital, Westmead, New South Wales.
³ Department of Radiation Oncology, Westmead Hospital, Westmead, New South Wales.
⁴ SouthDerm, Kogarah, New South Wales.
⁵ Department of Dermatology, Liverpool Hospital, Liverpool, New South Wales; The Skin Hospital, Westmead, New South Wales; Faculty of Medicine, University of New South Wales, Kensington, New South Wales, Australia. Electronic address: deshan@unsw.edu.au.

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Samuel Antranig Der Sarkissian et al. J Am Acad Dermatol. 2020 Jul.

. 2020 Jul;83(1):e29-e30.

doi: 10.1016/j.jaad.2020.04.034. Epub 2020 Apr 10.

¹ Department of Dermatology, Liverpool Hospital, Liverpool, New South Wales; Faculty of Medicine, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, New South Wales.
² The Skin Hospital, Westmead, New South Wales.
³ Department of Radiation Oncology, Westmead Hospital, Westmead, New South Wales.
⁴ SouthDerm, Kogarah, New South Wales.
⁵ Department of Dermatology, Liverpool Hospital, Liverpool, New South Wales; The Skin Hospital, Westmead, New South Wales; Faculty of Medicine, University of New South Wales, Kensington, New South Wales, Australia. Electronic address: deshan@unsw.edu.au.

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What are we doing in the dermatology outpatient department amidst the raging of the 2019 novel coronavirus?
Chen Y, Pradhan S, Xue S. Chen Y, et al. J Am Acad Dermatol. 2020 Apr;82(4):1034. doi: 10.1016/j.jaad.2020.02.030. Epub 2020 Feb 17. J Am Acad Dermatol. 2020. PMID: 32081700 Free PMC article. No abstract available.

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