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 ...

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 ...

—Boston-based investigators recently did a head-to-head comparison of standard excision or total margin-controlled excision (most commonly Mohs surgery) for invasive keratinocyte carcinomas of the ...

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

Mohs surgery was originally called chemosurgery and was invented in the 1930s by Dr. Frederic Mohs. This technique of removing skin cancer took his name and is now done routinely by many ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Cutaneous squamous cell carcinomas that were upgraded during Mohs micrographic ...

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 precise technique for treating skin cancer, where the surgeon removes thin layers of skin, examining each one under a microscope for cancer cells. This process continues until no ...