Excision of lumps and bumps refers to any minor procedure for skin or subdermal lesions, such as warts, moles, cysts or lipomas. These are typically undertaken under local anaesthesia in a day surgery unit.
The consent for all of these remains the same, with the slight caveat that all of these lesions have the potential to be cancerous (i.e. a simple mole may turn out to be a malignant melanoma) and require further resection of the borders to ensure optimum clearance.
