Science and Education Publishing Global Journal of Surgery 1 3 2013 11 15 The Role of Technology in Skin Surgery 25 30 EN Sreedhar K Krishna Institute of Public Health, University of Cambridge, UK Ankeet S Jethwa JS2013135 10.12691/js-1-3-5 2013 07 13 2013 10 21 2013 11 15 Skin surgery, or dermatological surgery is a relatively new specialty. Its infancy has meant that ideas are somewhat flexible and frequently taken up faster than in other more established fields of surgery. This mini-review examines the various roles of technology in each stage of surgery - pre-operative, intra-operative and post-operative.