Waste of skin in elliptical excision biopsy of non-melanomatous skin cancer

Scandinavian Journal of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery and Hand Surgery

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 352-356

  Tilleman, Tamara Raveh ^a,c   Neumann, Martino H A ^a,b   Smeets, Nicole W J ^b   Tilleman, Michael M ^c  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Skin lesion; Skin waste; Surgical ellipse

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EXCISION; FEMALE; GEOMETRY; HUMAN; MALE; MELANOMA; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SAMPLING; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN CANCER;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOPSY; CARCINOMA, BASAL CELL; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SPECIMEN HANDLING;

EID: 33751579607     PISSN: 02844311     EISSN: 16512073     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02844310601011934     Document Type: Article

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