Manual of Skin Surgery is a repository of information about dermatologic surgery with chapters on diagnosis, anatomy, wound healing, perioperative preparation and assessment, operative technique, and postoperative care. The authors emphasize the importance of attending to the needs of the patient.

David J. Leffell, MD is the David Paige Smith Professor of Dermatology, Plastic Surgery and Otolaryngology and Section Chief of Dermatologic Surgery and Cutaneous Oncology in the Department of Dermatology at Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut.