title: Staple and double-staple method of tissue orientation in Mohs micrographic surgery.
abstract: Mohs micrographic surgery has been used with a high degree of success to remove neoplasms of the skin. This method relies on thin-layer excision, orienting, mapping, and microscopic examination of tissue specimens, followed by reexcision of outlying extensions of tumor until a tumor-free plane is reached. Accurate and precise orienting and mapping of tissue are critical in order to attain high cure rates. The orienting, mapping, and reexcision of tissue of large or complicated tumors can be more rapidly and accurately accomplished by using metal staples.
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D008866:Microsurgery / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D013528:Surgical Staplers