Patient Satisfaction After Mohs Surgery is not Dependent on Seeing Post-Mohs Defect Prior to Repair.

Background: Optimizing patient satisfaction and scar outcomes is important for the practicing Mohs surgeon.

Objective: To evaluate whether showing or not showing patients their post-Mohs defect prior to repair influences scar satisfaction.

Materials And Methods: Fifty patients with a nonmelanoma skin cancer on their head or neck requiring Mohs micrographic surgery were randomized to either see or not see their post-Mohs defect in the mirror prior to repair. Patients evaluated their scar at Week 1 and Week 4 using the patient scar assessment questionnaire.

Results: There was no statistically significant difference in the primary (scar satisfaction) or secondary outcomes (wound care compliance and complication rates) between the two groups.

Conclusion: There is no difference in patient scar satisfaction whether patients see or do not see their post-Mohs defect prior to repair.