What is Mohs’ Surgery? Facts, Overview, and Information
By Robert S. Bader, M.D., Dermatologist |
Mohs’ surgery is a treatment that is commonly used for the most common types of skin cancer. It is a specialized method of tumor removal, processing, and evaluation under the microscope. It is the only treatment that evaluates all of the margins and therefore has the highest cure rate of any treatment available for common,…
CHOOSE THE BEST MOHS’ SURGEON
By Robert S. Bader, M.D., Dermatologist |
According to a recent study, there is great variation from one Mohs’ surgeon to another when having Mohs’ surgery. In this study, they found that the mean number of stages per case was 1.47 (range, 1.09-4.11). The variation in range is huge!!! Thirty-five percent of surgeons were persistent outliers (performed more stages than the mean) in all three…