Treatment of lentigo maligna with total circumferential margin control using vertical and horizontal permanent sections: A retrospective study

Australasian Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 196-201

  Lee, Michael R ^a,b   Ryman, William J ^b  

^a PRINCE OF WALES HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b ROYAL NORTH SHORE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Mohs' micrographic surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE FREE INTERVAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERVIEW; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MALE; MALIGNANT LENTIGO; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKIN EXAMINATION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TELEPHONE; TOTAL CIRCUMFERENTIAL MARGIN CONTROL;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMBULATORY SURGICAL PROCEDURES; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HUTCHINSON'S MELANOTIC FRECKLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 53549128109     PISSN: 00048380     EISSN: 14400960     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-0960.2008.00468.x     Document Type: Article

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