Are you wondering what Mohs surgery is and how successful it is? This video will give you more great information. Mohs surgery gives you the highest cure rate and lowest recurrence rate of any skin cancer treatment. The procedure is considered the most effective for treating many basal cell carcinomas (BCCs) and squamous cell carcinomas (SCCs), the two most common types of skin cancer. Some surgeons are also successfully using Mohs surgery on certain cases of melanoma.
Mohs surgery is a highly specialized technique in dermatologic surgery for treating skin cancer.
The procedure is named for Frederick E. Mohs, the surgeon who developed the technique and is also known as Mohs micrographic surgery.The Mohs procedure takes place in the office setting with the surgeon using a local anesthetic to numb the area completely. After local anesthesia has been injected, the surgeon uses a scalpel to remove thin layers of skin one layer at a time in a saucer shape, which are then marked with colored dyes and mapped. the specimen is frozen, sliced into very thin sections and processed onto glass slides by a Mohs histotechnician. The Mohs surgeon then examines the slides under the microscope to gauge the extent of the skin cancer and identify microscopic roots. Contact a dermatology clinic to get started.
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