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NONSUTURE SURGERY FOR BASAL CELL CARCINOMA: AN ALTERNATIVE METHOD
Author(s) -
WlTKOWSKL JOSEPH A.,
PARISH LAWRENCE CHARLES
Publication year - 1977
Publication title -
international journal of dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.677
H-Index - 93
eISSN - 1365-4632
pISSN - 0011-9059
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-4362.1977.tb00770.x
Subject(s) - medicine , basal cell carcinoma , surgery , basal cell , pathology
Eighty‐seven basal cell carcinomas were treated by surgical excision. Sites of removal were allowed to heal by secondary intention. Advantages of this method include histologic monitoring of the adequacy of incision, a less formidable surgical procedure, and a cosmetically acceptable scar.