Surgical results in 477 basal cell carcinomas.
The hospital records of 406 patients treated for basal cell carcinomas were reviewed. Seventy-nine percent of the tumors were located to the head and neck area. All tumors were excised with a macroscopic margin of at least 3 mm. The surgical defects were closed primarily in 351 cases (74%), skin grafted in 108 cases (22%) and covered with local flaps in 18 cases (4%). Twenty patients (4%) required re-excision because of microscopically inadequate margins. Recurrence of the tumor was seen in 11 patients (2%).
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002280:Basal Cell Carcinoma / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000601:surgery*; D005153:Facial Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Q000601:surgery; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000601:surgery