WASHINGTON – Medication has its limits for some patients with more severe hidradenitis suppurativa, and these patients can often benefit from surgical treatment, Chris Sayed, MD, said at an educational session held by George Washington University.
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“Especially if patients have relatively limited areas of sinus, being able to do some local procedures [is] what will get the patient a lot better,” Dr. Sayed of the department of dermatology at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, said in a video interview. “Whereas the medicines would never have made that sinus go away.”
The meeting was supported by AbbVie. Dr. Sayed disclosed financial relationships with the company.