Positive compared with negative margins in a single-centre retrospective study on 3957 consecutive excisions of basal cell carcinomas. Associated risk factors and preferred surgical management

Journal of Plastic Surgery and Hand Surgery

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 38-43

  Codazzi, D ^a   Van Der Velden, J ^b   Carminati, M ^c   Bruschi, S ^a   Bocchiotti, M A ^a   Di Serio, C ^d   Barberis, M ^c   Robotti, E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c Division of Anaesthesia   (Italy)

^d VITA SALUTE SAN RAFFAELE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Plastic surgery; Tumour

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MINIMAL RESIDUAL DISEASE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATHOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SKIN TUMOR; TUMOR INVASION; TUMOR RECURRENCE; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, BASAL CELL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEOPLASM, RESIDUAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84892634299     PISSN: 2000656X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/2000656X.2013.800526     Document Type: Article

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