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Mohs surgery: commentaries and controversies.
There is an enormous amount of literature pertaining to the subject of Mohs surgery, ranging from its various indications to therapeutic results. One constant limiting factor in this body of knowledge, however, is the scarcity of randomized, controlled studies comparing Mohs surgery with other effective therapeutic modalities. Obviously, it is hard to gather solid scientific evidence in favor o...
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Mohs micrographic surgery (MMS) is a specialized type of minimal marginal surgery that offers cure rates superior to other options in the treatment of contiguous skin cancers in selected settings. Developed by Dr. Frederic E. Mohs, the technique originally required in situ tissue fixation before excision. Most Mohs micrographic surgeons now use the fresh tissue technique exclusively. Horizontal...
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BACKGROUND With the continuing increase in the incidence of skin cancer, delivery of cost-efficient skin cancer treatment is a top priority. OBJECTIVE To compare costs associated with removal of skin cancers using Mohs micrographic surgery (MMS) with that using standard surgical excision (SSE) with frozen or permanent margin control in the office or an ambulatory surgery center (ASC). METHO...
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Mohs chemosurgery, using the fixed-tissue technique, was proposed for the treatment of melanoma by Frederic Mohs in 1950.[1] In numerous publications since, Mohs reported cure rates at least comparable to those obtained with the conventional surgical therapies of the time. Initially, Mohs believed that the in situ tissue fixation with zinc chloride paste inherent in the fixed-tissue technique w...
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INTRODUCTION Mohs surgery was first described by Frederic Mohs in 1941 to eliminate high-risk cutaneous tumors. The technique involves histological examination of the margins. OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to describe the clinical findings and compare the grade and subclinical extension of the tumor as measured by the number of Mohs stages needed for complete elimination according to wh...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: British Journal of Ophthalmology
سال: 2004
ISSN: 0007-1161
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.2004.047068