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Reconstruction after Mohs cancer excision
1Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Scripps Clinic and Research Foundation, La Jolla, California.
Abstract:
At our institution, 363 skin defects following Mohs excision for carcinoma were repaired in a two-year period. The majority of the patients were women (62%). Most repairs were to the nose (42%), and almost all followed basal cell carcinoma excision (91% of tumor types). Flaps were preferable to skin grafts for facial repair, with forehead and nasolabial flaps particularly useful for the nose. Injection of Kenalog (triamcinolone acetonide, 5-20 mg/mL) speeds the maturation of scars and flaps.
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