Immediate, optimal reconstruction of facial lentigo maligna and melanoma following total peripheral margin control
| Autor: | Timothy M. Johnson, Lori Lowe, David L. Brown, Sameer S. Jejurikar, Gregory H. Borschel |
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| Rok vydání: | 2007 |
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Male medicine.medical_specialty Skin Neoplasms Lentigo maligna Lesion Hutchinson's Melanotic Freckle Biopsy Site Biopsy medicine Humans Lentigo maligna melanoma Melanoma Aged Aged 80 and over medicine.diagnostic_test business.industry Suture Techniques Middle Aged Plastic Surgery Procedures medicine.disease Surgery Peripheral Histopathology Female medicine.symptom Facial Neoplasms business |
| Zdroj: | Plastic and reconstructive surgery. 120(5) |
| ISSN: | 1529-4242 |
| Popis: | Background: Peripheral margin control of lentigo maligna and melanoma on the head and neck can be problematic. Frozen sections are unreliable, and conventional histopathology cannot examine the entire margin. Customary treatment involves wide excision and dressing care or skin graft coverage until histopathologic evaluation is complete, as reexcision is frequently required because of positive margins. Wound contraction, donor-site morbidity, and additional procedures before reconstruction are inherent disadvantages to this approach. Methods: After excisional biopsy of facial lentigo maligna and thin ( |
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