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This completely updated textbook provides a key resource for those embarking upon a career in Mohs surgery and is designed to support those readers taking their Boards in this dermatologic subspecialty. The incidence of skin cancer is 3.5 million per year and accounts for more than 50% of all cancers combined, the majority of which are basal cell and squamous cell carcinomas. Mohs surgery has become the treatment of choice for certain of these carcinomas and other cutaneous tumors, and benefits from a high cure rate and low recurrence rate.
Physicians in all of the major disciplines of medicine will encounter patients with cutaneous cancers who have undergone Mohs surgery or may need it in the future. Mohs Micrographic Surgery has been written as a foundation to provide readers with the fundamentals of Mohs surgery. Each chapter is easy to read, with carefully designed learning objectives and summary boxes of all the major points. The chapters are written by world-renowned physicians in their respective specialties and as such provides a vital learning tool for all training to be a Mohs surgeon.
List of contents
Historical Perspective of Mohs Micrographic Surgery.- General Indications for Mohs Micrographic Surgery.- Pre-operative Evaluation.- The Mohs Micrographic Surgery Operative Room Set-up.- Anesthesia Considerations: Local versus Regional.- Surgical Anatomy for Mohs Micrographic Surgeons.- Special Considerations for Mohs Micrographic Surgery in Organ transplant recipients.- Mohs Micrographic Surgery in Ethnic Skin.- Mohs Micrographic Surgery and Genodermatoses.- Nursing Interventions.- Histopathology Laboratory Set-up and Necessary Instruments.- Tissue Specimen Transport and Initial Processing.- Cryostat Preparation of Slides.- Staining Preparation of Slides.- Histopathologic Interpretation of Mohs Slides.- Tissue Specimen Documentation/Record-Keeping/Storage.- Basal Cell Carcinoma.- Squamous Cell Carcinoma.- Melanoma.- Dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans.- Microcystic adnexal carcinoma.- Atypical fibroxanthoma/ Malignant fibrous histiocytoma.- Extramammary Paget's disease.- Leiomyosarcoma.- Merkel cell carcinoma.- Adnexal / Adenocystic carcinomas (Eccrine porocarcinoma, Sweat gland carcinoma).- Sebaceous gland carcinoma.- Eyelids.- Nails.- Genitalia.- Deep Structures: Mucosa, Fat, Muscle, Nerve, Cartilage, Bone.- Histopathological pitfalls of Mohs.- Complications of Mohs Micrographic Surgery.- Eyelid Reconstruction after Mohs Micrographic Surgery.- Flaps.- Skin grafts.- Complex Closures.- Prosthetic rehabilitation.- Adjuvant therapy after Mohs Micrographic Surgery effudex, Aldara, radiation, etc.- Training and certification for Mohs micrographic surgery.- Office Practice for Mohs Micrographic Surgery (ancillary).- South America, Africa, Europe, Asia, Australia.- Information for Patients and Safety Considerations.- Ethical Issues regarding Mohs Micrographic Surgery.- Medicolegal Issues regarding Mohs Micrographic Surgery.- Psychological Issues regarding Mohs Micrographic Surgery.
Summary
This completely updated textbook provides a key resource for those embarking upon a career in Mohs surgery and is designed to support those readers taking their Boards in this dermatologic subspecialty. The incidence of skin cancer is 3.5 million per year and accounts for more than 50% of all cancers combined, the majority of which are basal cell and squamous cell carcinomas. Mohs surgery has become the treatment of choice for certain of these carcinomas and other cutaneous tumors, and benefits from a high cure rate and low recurrence rate.
Physicians in all of the major disciplines of medicine will encounter patients with cutaneous cancers who have undergone Mohs surgery or may need it in the future. Mohs Micrographic Surgery has been written as a foundation to provide readers with the fundamentals of Mohs surgery. Each chapter is easy to read, with carefully designed learning objectives and summary boxes of all the major points. The chapters are written by world-renowned physicians in their respective specialties and as such provides a vital learning tool for all training to be a Mohs surgeon.
