Mohs Micrographic Surgery

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Stephen N. Snow, George R. Mikhail
Univ of Wisconsin Press, 2004 - Medical - 436 pages
Mohs Micrographic Surgery, an advanced treatment procedure for skin cancer, offers the highest potential for recovery--even if the skin cancer has been previously treated. This procedure is a state-of-the-art treatment in which the physician serves as surgeon, pathologist, and reconstructive surgeon. It relies on the accuracy of a microscope to trace and ensure removal of skin cancer down to its roots. This procedure allows dermatologists trained in Mohs Surgery to see beyond the visible disease and to precisely identify and remove the entire tumor, leaving healthy tissue unharmed. This procedure is most often used in treating two of the most common forms of skin cancer: basal cell carcinoma and squamous cell carcinoma.
The cure rate for Mohs Micrographic Surgery is the highest of all treatments for skin cancer--up to 99 percent even if other forms of treatment have failed. This procedure, the most exact and precise method of tumor removal, minimizes the chance of regrowth and lessens the potential for scarring or disfigurement
 

Contents

ARTIFACTS IN FROZEN SECTIONS 373 47 MEDICALLEGAL CONSIDERATIONS
43
ORIGIN ANATOMY AND 9 SPECIAL ANATOMIC SITES NOSE
89
ANATOMY OF THE HEAD AND NECK 15 11 PRECANCERS CANCERS
105
INSTRUMENTATION AND SUTURES 33
111
TECHNIQUES OF EXCISION 55 Brent R Moody MD George J Hruza MD
139
LABORATORY AND 16 SURGICAL COMPLICATIONS
147
EYELID TUMORS 79 IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS
161
LENTIGO MALIGNA
169
AESTHETIC MAXILLOFACIAL
233
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TREATMENT OF RARE MALIGNANCIES
277
PRACTICAL POINTERS
293
PRACTICE OF MOHS SURGERY
301
PRACTICE OF MOHS SURGERY IN BRAZIL
313
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INVASIVE MELANOMA
178
SECONDINTENTION HEALING
191
SKIN GRAFTS
210
WOUND DRESSINGS
218
SEAMLESS SCARS
225
DIGITAL CAMERAS
401
OFFICE EFFICIENCY 381
409
DOCUMENTATION AND CODING 385 Glogau MD
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