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Utility of dermoscopy for demarcation of surgical margins in Mohs micrographic surgery
BACKGROUND: Skin cancer is the most common malignancy and can be treated in various ways. One treatment modality is Mohs micrographic surgery. Due to the increasing incidence of skin cancer in the last decades, there is a need for improvement of the Mohs technique to optimize its effectiveness. OBJE...
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Sociedade Brasileira de Dermatologia
2014
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3938352/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24626646 http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/abd1806-4841.20142400 |
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author | Suzuki, Heliane Sanae Serafini, Sérgio Zuñeda Sato, Maurício Shigueru |
author_facet | Suzuki, Heliane Sanae Serafini, Sérgio Zuñeda Sato, Maurício Shigueru |
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description | BACKGROUND: Skin cancer is the most common malignancy and can be treated in various ways. One treatment modality is Mohs micrographic surgery. Due to the increasing incidence of skin cancer in the last decades, there is a need for improvement of the Mohs technique to optimize its effectiveness. OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to evaluate the use of dermoscopy to guide demarcation of Mohs micrographic surgery margins and ascertain whether this method can reduce operative time and, therefore, reduce surgical morbidity and cost. METHODS AND MATERIALS: The sample comprised 44 patients who underwent Mohs micrographic surgery, allocated into two groups: the control group and the intervention group. In the latter, surgical margins were guided by dermoscopy. RESULTS: There were no statistically significant differences between the two groups by chi-square analysis (p = 0.399). CONCLUSION: Although outcomes were similar in the two groups, demonstrating that dermoscopy does not help in the demarcation of surgical margins for Mohs micrographic surgery, the study provides a practical proposal for improvement of the Mohs technique. |
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spelling | pubmed-39383522014-03-07 Utility of dermoscopy for demarcation of surgical margins in Mohs micrographic surgery Suzuki, Heliane Sanae Serafini, Sérgio Zuñeda Sato, Maurício Shigueru An Bras Dermatol Investigation BACKGROUND: Skin cancer is the most common malignancy and can be treated in various ways. One treatment modality is Mohs micrographic surgery. Due to the increasing incidence of skin cancer in the last decades, there is a need for improvement of the Mohs technique to optimize its effectiveness. OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to evaluate the use of dermoscopy to guide demarcation of Mohs micrographic surgery margins and ascertain whether this method can reduce operative time and, therefore, reduce surgical morbidity and cost. METHODS AND MATERIALS: The sample comprised 44 patients who underwent Mohs micrographic surgery, allocated into two groups: the control group and the intervention group. In the latter, surgical margins were guided by dermoscopy. RESULTS: There were no statistically significant differences between the two groups by chi-square analysis (p = 0.399). CONCLUSION: Although outcomes were similar in the two groups, demonstrating that dermoscopy does not help in the demarcation of surgical margins for Mohs micrographic surgery, the study provides a practical proposal for improvement of the Mohs technique. Sociedade Brasileira de Dermatologia 2014 /pmc/articles/PMC3938352/ /pubmed/24626646 http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/abd1806-4841.20142400 Text en ®2013 by Anais Brasileiros de Dermatologia http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Investigation Suzuki, Heliane Sanae Serafini, Sérgio Zuñeda Sato, Maurício Shigueru Utility of dermoscopy for demarcation of surgical margins in Mohs micrographic surgery |
title | Utility of dermoscopy for demarcation of surgical margins in Mohs
micrographic surgery
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title_full | Utility of dermoscopy for demarcation of surgical margins in Mohs
micrographic surgery
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title_fullStr | Utility of dermoscopy for demarcation of surgical margins in Mohs
micrographic surgery
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title_full_unstemmed | Utility of dermoscopy for demarcation of surgical margins in Mohs
micrographic surgery
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title_short | Utility of dermoscopy for demarcation of surgical margins in Mohs
micrographic surgery
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title_sort | utility of dermoscopy for demarcation of surgical margins in mohs
micrographic surgery |
topic | Investigation |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3938352/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24626646 http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/abd1806-4841.20142400 |
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