title: Mohs micrographic surgery.
abstract: This exacting surgical technique with histologic examination of frozen sections is only applicable to tumors that spread locally by contiguous cell extension into local tissue. The narrow margins obtained with this technique may preserve function and cosmesis when basal or squamous cell carcinomas are resected and the defect is reconstructed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, Illinois.
authors.forename: J K
authors.initials: JK
authors.lastname: Robinson
mesh_terms: D001706:Biopsy; D006801:Humans; D015580:Mohs Surgery / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D019736:Prostheses and Implants; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D013518:Surgery, Plastic / Q000379:methods; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014945:Wound Healing