Low Profile Blade Facilitates Shave Biopsy

The blade also features Microcoat coating technology to provide sharp, smooth, precision cutting with less tissue trauma and scarring. Sure grip side teeth provide stability and control and prevent slipping in gloved hands, regardless of blade position. The Personna DermaBlade is a product of Personna (Verona, VA, USA).

“Once a user tries DermaBlade, they stay with DermaBlade and ask for it by name,” said Bob Senesac, director of marketing at Personna. “The simplicity of the product, its performance and the positive impact on patient results, sets it apart. While other products make similar claims, their products simply cannot match the DermaBlade.”

“The DermaBlade is a wonderful device that is much better than the usual surgical blades,” said Leonard Goldberg MD, FRCP, of Dermsurgery Associates (Houston, TX, USA). “I use it for the removal of lesions in the mid or upper dermis without having to remove the whole dermis with the lesion. I also use it for harvesting split thickness skin grafts which is an excellent way to repair small defects.”

Shave biopsy involves using a razor to shave only a small fragment of a protruding tumor, leaving the skin relatively flat after the procedure. Hemostasis is obtained using light electrocautery, Monsel's solution, or aluminum chloride. It is considered the ideal method of diagnosis for basal cell cancer, and can also be used to diagnose squamous cell carcinoma and melanoma in situ; however, the doctor's understanding of the growth of these last two cancers should be considered before one uses the shave method. The procedure is user skill dependent, as some surgeons can remove a small fragment of skin with minimal blemish using any one of the above tools, while others have great difficulty securing the devices.


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