title: Special ablative and reconstructive techniques for cutaneous cancers.
abstract: Although the Mohs technique is most often applied to moderate and large lesions, with appropriate modifications it can also be applied to massive lesions. Reconstructive procedures after resection of large defects are also discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland.
authors.forename: D E
authors.initials: DE
authors.lastname: Mattox
authors.forename: J W
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Skouge
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008866:Microsurgery; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D013518:Surgery, Plastic / Q000379:methods*