For select patients undergoing Mohs procedures for skin tumors, delaying reconstruction enhanced viability of full-thickness skin grafts and composite grafts and decreased postoperative complication ...

CORONADO, CALIF. — According to Christopher J. Arpey, MD, there is no single best approach to treating lentigo maligna (LM) and LM melanoma (LMM), but Mohs micrographic surgery is a sensible option in ...

Former President Joe Biden has gone under the knife to remove skin cancer lesions just a few months after revealing his prostate cancer diagnosis. Biden, 82, sparked concern after he was seen with a ...

ORLANDO, Fla. — Beyond appropriate use criteria for Mohs surgery outlined by a multidisciplinary ad hoc task force in 2012, choice of treatment for superficial skin cancers like basal cell carcinoma ...

Your body is good at healing most cuts, breaks, wounds, and other injuries on its own. But some are just too big or serious to heal naturally. That’s when a graft may help. In this type of surgery, a ...

In fact, Mohs surgery has the highest cure rate of all procedures for the types of skin cancers it is used to treat, which is about 97% to 99%. With other skin cancer removal surgeries, the success ...

Lower extremities have the highest rates of surgical site infections following Mohs micrographic surgery (MMS), according to a research letter published online June 24 in the Journal of the American ...

(NEXSTAR) – A video of Joe Biden taken in Delaware over the holiday weekend appeared to show a scar on the former president’s forehead, prompting a spokesperson to reveal that Biden recently underwent ...

(Reuters Health) - Complications after skin cancer surgery may be more common in smokers and former smokers, a U.S. study suggests. Researchers examined outcomes after "Mohs reconstruction," a ...