title: A practical approach to preparing children for dermatologic surgery.
abstract: This paper presents a series of stratagems designed to minimize the potential psychological problems of children who require dermatological surgery. After discussing the "normal" critical periods of childhood, the selective approaches to children at different ages are presented. General and specific suggestions are made for pre- and postoperative management for both office and hospital surgical procedures.
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002657:Child Development; D002673:Child, Hospitalized; D002675:Child, Preschool; D062109:Dermatologic Surgical Procedures; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D010290:Parents; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D002666:Psychology, Child