Abstract:Objective To explore the features of slow-Mohs micrographic surgery (sMMS) in the treatment of dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans (DFSP) and depict the characteristics of secondary healing after complete excision.Methods DFSP cases treated in Peking University First Hospital from 2016 to 2020 were reviewed. Clinical features, parameters generated during sMMS, and following secondary healing process were analyzed using statistical methods. Scatter plot was drawn and linear regression equation was used to analyze the relationship between clinical data.Results The onset age of the patients was concentrated from 20 to 40 years old, and the ratio of male to female was 1:1.16. The course of disease was > 1 year in 95 patients (89.6%), and the main site of onset was trunk in 76 patients (71.7%). The local recurrence rate of dermatofibrosarcoma carina treated with SMMs was 1.1% (1 / 106). During the operation, 57 patients (53.8%) could be resected at one time, and those located in the trunk were more likely to need multiple resection (57.9%). According to the evaluation of the main directions of uncleared tumors in one operation of sMMS, patients with deep unresected tumors [including simple deep unresected tumors, edges and deep unresected tumors (mainly deep tumors)] accounted for 85.7% of the total number of patients with unresected tumors in one operation. Large area tissue defects were often left after operation. The length and diameter of wound in 55 cases (51.9%) were ≥ 10 cm. The postoperative wound gradually expanded with the extension of the disease course, and the length and diameter of the skin wound increased by about 0.22 cm every year. Among the patients who received secondary healing, 50.0% could achieve wound healing within 3 months, and the rest healed within 3 to 6 months. There was no significant difference in the length and diameter of skin wounds between the two groups (P > 0.05). There was no correlation between the time of secondary healing and the length and diameter of skin wound (R2 = 0.005, P = 0.660), there was no correlation between the time of secondary healing of trunk and the length and diameter of skin wound (R2 = 0.0134, P = 0.502), and there was no correlation between epidermal crawling speed and age (R2 = 0.0008, P = 0.859).Conclusion This study explored the clinical characteristics of DFSP in a Chinese population. We presented with detailed description of the application of sMMS in DFSP and confirmed its advantageous therapeutic effects. Besides, this study provided preliminary evidences for the clinical use of secondary healing.