Skin and Soft Tissue
ARC general surgeons assess and treat a variety of skin and skin-related conditions. While not every skin lesion requires surgical removal, your surgeon can assess, diagnose, and explain non-surgical and surgical options tailored to each patient.
Soft tissue and skin conditions commonly seen and managed by general surgeons include lipomas, inclusion cysts, skin infections and abscesses, skin cancer (squamous cell, basal cell, and melanomas), as well chronic skin conditions such as hidradenitis suppurativa.
ARC surgeons can help you understand the diagnosis and offer a surgical treatment, which can often be accomplished as an office-based procedure.
Services
- Burn Treatment
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Burn Treatment
ARC general surgeons can treat burns on the skin that may not heal on their own.
- Melanoma & Other Skin Cancer Excision
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Melanoma & Other Skin Cancer Excision
ARC general surgeons can perform excisions of melanoma and other skin cancers.
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- Melanoma Surgery & Sentinel Nodes
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Melanoma Surgery & Sentinel Nodes
A sentinel lymph node biopsy is a procedure recommended if you have a thick melanoma or one with features that make it more likely to have spread. This procedure removes nearby lymph nodes to check for cancer cells.
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- Mole & Other Skin Lesion Removal
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Mole & Other Skin Lesion Removal
ARC general surgeons can remove moles and other lessions on the skin.
- Mole Evaluations and Skin Cancer Screenings
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Mole Evaluations and Skin Cancer Screenings
The evaluation of suspicious moles and skin areas can help detect skin cancer and chronic conditions.
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- Subcutaneous Tumor Removal
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Subcutaneous Tumor Removal
Removal of a tumor located in the subcutaneous tissue below the skin but above the deep fascia.
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Conditions
- Burns
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Burns
Burns are painful wounds caused by thermal, cold, electrical, chemical, or electromagnetic energy.
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- Hidradenitis Suppurativa
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Hidradenitis Suppurativa
Hidradenitis suppurativa (HS) is a skin disease. It causes deep, painful boils or pockets of infection (abscesses) in your skin. These abscesses grow when the deep roots of hair follicles get blocked.
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- Lipomas, Other Tumors and Cysts
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Lipomas, Other Tumors and Cysts
ARC general surgeons can treat lipomas (fatty tumors), tumors, and cysts that affect the skin.
- Moles & Other Skin Lesions
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Moles & Other Skin Lesions
Certain moles and skin tumors are at higher risk for changing into a form of skin cancer.
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- Other Skin Conditions
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Other Skin Conditions
ARC general surgeons can treat other skin conditions not included on this list. Talk to your ARC provider for more information.
- Pilonidal Sinus Disease
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Pilonidal Sinus Disease
Pilonidal sinus disease is an inflammatory condition that causes abnormal skin growth along the crease between the buttocks.
- Skin Abscesses
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Skin Abscesses
A skin abscess is a pocket of puss that is located deeper than a regular pimple.
- Skin Cancer (Benign & Malignant Including Melanoma)
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Skin Cancer (Benign & Malignant Including Melanoma)
Skin cancer is the most common cancer in the US. Melanoma is the least common, but the most deadly of the three skin cancer types.
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Locations & Providers
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ARC Medical Plaza Specialty
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Christopher W. Bailey, MD, FACS
General Surgery
Anal/RectalHernia RepairBreast Disease and CancerGallstone Treatment and Gallbladder SurgeryGERD TreatmentSkin and Soft TissueThyroid Disease and Cancer
4.8
Accepting new patients
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Marco Vinicio Medina-Zea, MD, FACS, FASMBS
General Surgery
Anal/RectalHernia RepairBreast Disease and CancerGallstone Treatment and Gallbladder SurgeryGERD TreatmentSkin and Soft TissueThyroid Disease and CancerBariatric Surgery
4.9
Accepting new patients
Languages: Spanish
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Arielle C. DuBose, MD, FACS, FASCRS
General Surgery
Anal/RectalHernia RepairBreast Disease and CancerGallstone Treatment and Gallbladder SurgeryGERD TreatmentSkin and Soft TissueThyroid Disease and Cancer
4.9
Accepting new patients
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ARC Far West Medical Tower
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Semyon (Sam) Gambarin, MD
General Surgery
Anal/RectalHernia RepairBreast Disease and CancerGallstone Treatment and Gallbladder SurgeryGERD TreatmentSkin and Soft TissueThyroid Disease and Cancer
4.8
Accepting new patients
Languages: Russian, Limited Medical Spanish
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Kevin O'Farrell, MD
General Surgery
Anal/RectalHernia RepairBreast Disease and CancerGallstone Treatment and Gallbladder SurgeryGERD TreatmentSkin and Soft TissueThyroid Disease and Cancer
4.8
Accepting new patients
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Bao C. Nguyen, MD
General Surgery
Anal/RectalHernia RepairBreast Disease and CancerGallstone Treatment and Gallbladder SurgeryGERD TreatmentSkin and Soft TissueThyroid Disease and Cancer
4.8
Accepting new patients
Languages: Vietnamese
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ARC South 1st Specialty and Pediatrics
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Joseph E. Garcia, MD
General Surgery
Anal/RectalHernia RepairBreast Disease and CancerGallstone Treatment and Gallbladder SurgeryGERD TreatmentSkin and Soft TissueThyroid Disease and Cancer
4.8
Accepting new patients
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Delfino (Estevan) Lorenzo, MD, FACS
General Surgery
Anal/RectalHernia RepairBreast Disease and CancerGallstone Treatment and Gallbladder SurgeryGERD TreatmentSkin and Soft TissueThyroid Disease and Cancer
4.8
Accepting new patients
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Samuel E. (Rhett) Long, III, MD, FACS
General Surgery
Anal/RectalHernia RepairBreast Disease and CancerGallstone Treatment and Gallbladder SurgeryGERD TreatmentSkin and Soft TissueThyroid Disease and Cancer
4.8
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Angela M. Ekern, APRN, FNP-C
General Surgery
Anal/RectalHernia RepairBreast Disease and CancerGallstone Treatment and Gallbladder SurgeryGERD TreatmentSkin and Soft TissueThyroid Disease and Cancer
4.8
Accepting new patients
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