The significance of positive margins (known and unknown) at the conclusion of Mohs surgery in the orbital region

Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 51-57

  Boynton, James R ^a,b,c   Rounds, Mark F ^b   Quatela, Vito C ^b   Brown, Marc D ^b  

^a Genesee Hospital   (United States)

^b STRONG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Exenteration; Mohs surgery; Tumor recurrence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; CHEMOSURGERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DERMATOFIBROMA; EPIPHORA; EVISCERATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; ORBIT TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PTOSIS; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TUMOR RECURRENCE;

EID: 0030047261     PISSN: 07409303     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002341-199603000-00008     Document Type: Article

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