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 ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Free flap (38.7%), split thickness graft (30%) and local flap (12.5%) repairs caused most complications.

Three methods of cosmetic surgery—local skin flap, full thickness skin graft, and secondary intention—were evaluated for their scarring risk following Mohs microscopic surgery on the distal third of ...

—Boston-based investigators recently did a head-to-head comparison of standard excision or total margin-controlled excision (most commonly Mohs surgery) for invasive keratinocyte carcinomas of the ...

Mohs surgery is a way for surgeons to remove cancerous layers of skin from your face, ears, hands, and feet. Mohs surgery is a state-of-the-art procedure that carefully removes cancerous skin cells ...

Mohs surgery was originally called chemosurgery and was invented in the 1930s by Dr. Frederic Mohs. This technique of removing skin cancer took his name and is now done routinely by many ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Hyperpigmentation was more common in Fitzpatrick skin types IV to V vs. I to III (48% vs. 18.2%). Causes ...

(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 ...

When I first noticed a small red patch of skin on the side of my nose, I assumed it was just another stubborn pimple. It wasn’t painful, and it didn’t itch, but it never seemed to go away. I tried ...

PHOENIX — Certain minority populations may be at a higher absolute risk of being prescribed opioids after undergoing dermatologic surgery, according to a new study. The study also found that patients ...

During and after surgery for skin cancer, a number of strategies can help minimize scarring. My advice to anyone who needs surgery but wants to minimize the long-term impact on their looks is, first, ...

A video of Joe Biden outside a Delaware church over the holiday weekend appeared to show a scar on the former president’s forehead, prompting a spokesperson to reveal that Biden recently underwent ...