Controversies in skin surgery: Electrodessication and curettage versus excision for low-risk, small, well-differentiated squamous cell carcinomas

Journal of Drugs in Dermatology

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 773-776

  Reschly, Matthew J ^a   Shenefelt, Philip D ^b  

^a North Atlanta Dermatology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRODESICCATION AND CURETTAGE; EXCISION; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LOW RISK CUTANEOUS SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; METASTASIS; RECURRENCE RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN CARCINOMA; SKIN SURGERY; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; AGED; CURETTAGE; ELECTROSURGERY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKIN TUMOR;

AGED; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CURETTAGE; ELECTROSURGERY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 77955905045     PISSN: 15459616     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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