The incidence of major complications from Mohs micrographic surgery performed in office-based and hospital-based settings

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 628-634

  Kimyai Asadi, Arash ^a,b   Goldberg, Leonard H ^a,b   Peterson, S Ray ^a,b,d   Silapint, Sirunya ^a   Jih, Ming H ^a,b,c  

^a DermSurgery Associates   (United States)

^b HOUSTON METHODIST HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c DERMSURGERY ASSOCIATES   (United States)

^d Central Utah Multispecialty Group   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NAPROXEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHONDRITIS; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTPATIENT; PATIENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; SKIN DEFECT; SKIN FLAP; SKIN SURGERY; SKIN TUMOR; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TUMOR VOLUME; WOUND HEALING;

AGED; AMBULATORY SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CARCINOMA, BASAL CELL; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; EAR NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HEMOSTASIS, SURGICAL; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; LIP NEOPLASMS; MALE; MOHS SURGERY; NOSE NEOPLASMS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCALP; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; SURGICAL FLAPS;

EID: 25844433010     PISSN: 01909622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaad.2005.03.023     Document Type: Article

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