A Comprehensive Guide to Hidradenitis Suppurativa

Hidradenitis suppurativa (HS) is a complex skin disorder that requires comprehensive clinical management. A Comprehensive Guide to Hidradenitis Suppurativa, written by global experts, provides up-to-date scientific evidence on diagnosis, patho-mechanisms, comorbidities, and multi-faceted medical and surgical interventions. It covers etiology, pathophysiology, epidemiology, medical therapies, alternative therapies, surgical options, laser treatments, and comorbidities, including specific patient populations. The book offers insights into multi-disciplinary care, patient support, education, and clinical and translational research. It also includes procedural videos and identifies evidence gaps for future innovations in HS care.

Format: Hardback
Length: 368 pages
Publication date: 26 January 2022
Publisher: Elsevier - Health Sciences Division

Hidradenitis suppurativa (HS) is a relatively straightforward clinical diagnosis, but its recognition is highly variable, and clinical management is challenging and complex. Written by the world's leading experts in HS, A Comprehensive Guide to Hidradenitis Suppurativa brings together up-to-date scientific evidence on the diagnosis, patho-mechanisms, comorbidities, and multi-faceted medical and surgical interventions for this debilitating condition in one convenient reference.

Covers every aspect of this complex skin disorder: etiology, pathophysiology, epidemiology, medical, alternative therapies, a range of surgical options, laser treatments, and comorbidities. Discusses specific patient populations such as children, women of childbearing potential, and pregnant and breastfeeding women. Because HS has higher prevalence in people of skin of color, this patient population is well-documented in the text. Offers insights into multi-disciplinary care, patient support and education, patients at risk for rapid disease progression, and clinical and translational research.

Features procedural videos covering laser therapies, de-roofing procedures, excision techniques, cryoinsufflation techniques, and special wound care material selection and techniques. Includes promising future drugs and therapies that are under investigation. Identifies evidence gaps that provide a springboard to the future innovations in HS care to come.

Edited and authored by global experts who have helped co-author U.S., Canadian, and European guidelines on HS. Enhanced eBook version included with purchase. Your enhanced eBook allows you to access all of the text, figures, and references from the book on a variety of devices.

Weight: 1238g
Dimension: 223 x 285 x 27 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780323777247