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Br J Ophthalmol 2004;88:1228 doi:10.1136/bjo.2004.047068
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Mohs surgery: efficient and effective

  1. C C Otley1,
  2. S J Salasche2
  1. 1Mayo Clinic, 220 1st Street SW Rochester, MN 55905, USA; otley.clark@mayo.edu
  2. 2American College of Mohs Micrographic Surgery and Cutaneous Oncology
    • Accepted 19 March 2004

    We read with interest the report of Hsuan et al.1 The authors present a case series of 55 patients with basal cell carcinoma on the eyelids. There are no details regarding the size or histological subtypes of basal cell carcinoma in the results and therefore it is difficult to assess the applicability of the results to other groups of patients who may have more or less severe basal cell carcinoma. The authors make several generalisations regarding Mohs surgery that we believe are unsubstantiated and we wish to take the opportunity to clarify a few points.

    The essence of Mohs micrographic surgery is 100% histological frozen section margin control. There is no other technique that enables 100% margin examination, including the authors’ bread loaf section technique. Mohs micrographic surgery has 99% 5 year …

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