For select patients undergoing Mohs procedures for skin tumors, delaying reconstruction enhanced viability of full-thickness skin grafts and composite grafts and decreased postoperative complication ...

Delayed full-thickness skin grafting after skin cancer resection was associated with a higher rate of graft success than immediate skin grafting.

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Free flap (38.7%), split thickness graft (30%) and local flap (12.5%) repairs caused most complications.

Three methods of cosmetic surgery—local skin flap, full thickness skin graft, and secondary intention—were evaluated for their scarring risk following Mohs microscopic surgery on the distal third of ...

CORONADO, CALIF. — According to Christopher J. Arpey, MD, there is no single best approach to treating lentigo maligna (LM) and LM melanoma (LMM), but Mohs micrographic surgery is a sensible option in ...

PHOENIX — Certain minority populations may be at a higher absolute risk of being prescribed opioids after undergoing dermatologic surgery, according to a new study. The study also found that patients ...

Mohs surgery is a way for surgeons to remove cancerous layers of skin from your face, ears, hands, and feet. Mohs surgery is a state-of-the-art procedure that carefully removes cancerous skin cells ...

(Reuters Health) - Complications after skin cancer surgery may be more common in smokers and former smokers, a U.S. study suggests. Researchers examined outcomes after "Mohs reconstruction," a ...

A skin graft is a patch of skin removed from one area of your body (donor site) and reattached in another place (recipient site). Skin grafts can only come from your own body. You can’t receive a skin ...

Your body is good at healing most cuts, breaks, wounds, and other injuries on its own. But some are just too big or serious to heal naturally. That’s when a graft may help. In this type of surgery, a ...

During and after surgery for skin cancer, a number of strategies can help minimize scarring. My advice to anyone who needs surgery but wants to minimize the long-term impact on their looks is, first, ...

Mohs micrographic surgery, commonly known as Mohs surgery, is performed to treat skin cancer. The procedure's name comes from Frederic E. Mohs, the doctor who invented the technique in the 1930s.