This service is available to all residents of West Lancashire
Staff
Surgeons
- Mrs Lesley Grundy
Clinic Staff
- Christine Edwards
- Clare Toole
Clinic Administrator
- Amy Smith
Procedures we offer:
Excisions:
- Sebaceous and epidermal cysts
- Lipoma – site and size within the limits of excision under local anaesthetic
- Basal Cell Carcinoma (low risk) – As per British Association of Dermatologists Guidelines
- Actinic keratoses (Solar keratoses)
- Symptomatic Seborrhoeic keratosis
- Symptomatic Intradermal naevi
- Dermatofibromas
- Papilloma
- Pyogenic granulaoma
- Cherry angioma
- Cold Abcess
- Benign Cystic Skin Lesions
- Nail excision/avulsion
- Wedge resection with phenolisation
- Melancystic navei (excluding face)
- Biopsy/Punch Biopsy (excluding face)
Injections
- Shoulder
- Carpel Tunnel (conservative treatment)
- De quervains syndrome
- Trigger finger
- Tennis elbow
- Golfers elbow
- Plantar fasciitis
- Knee
- Small hand joints
- Metatarsalgia
- Trochanteric bursitis
Procedures not suitable for this service:
Lesions in certain areas are clearly not suitable for this service, including those likely to:
- Leave cosmetically sensitive scars
- Cause problems with ocular closure
- Need skin grafts or flaps to cover resulting defects
Lesions on sites of the body where nerves are superficially situated and may easily be divided are not suitable, these include:
- Lateral side of the popliteal fossa
- The posterior triangle of the neck
- Pre-auricular region and side of the jaw
The above lesions should be referred to Secondary Care along with the following:
- Any definite or strongly suspected malignancy
- Non Truncal basal cell carcinoma
- Squamous cell carcinoma
- Malignant melanoma
- Cutaneous lymphoma