Do plastic surgeons resect basal cell carcinomas too widely? A prospective study comparing surgical and histological margins

British Journal of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 293-297

  Bisson, Marcus A ^a,b   Dunkin, Christopher ^a   Griffiths, Richard W ^a   Suvarna, Simon Kim ^a  

^a NORTHERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b RAFT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Basal cell carcinoma; Excision margins; Histology; Incomplete excision; Surgical excision

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROSCOPY; PLASTIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKIN DEFECT; SURGEON; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TISSUE SECTION;

EID: 0036312675     PISSN: 00071226     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1054/bjps.2002.3829     Document Type: Article

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