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Did you know it is estimated that one in five
Americans will develop skin cancer in their lifetime,
and Did the you American know it is Academy estimated that of one Dermatology
in five
estimates Americans that more will than develop 2 million skin cancer cases in their of skin
cancer will lifetime, be diagnosed and the American in the Academy United States of this
year? Dermatology estimates that more than 2 million cases
of skin cancer will be diagnosed in the United States this
year? The most common skin cancers are basal
cell carcinoma, squamous cell carcinoma, and
malignant The most common melanoma. skin cancers With are early basal detection cell carcinoma, and
treatment, squamous cell skin carcinoma, cancer and is malignant highly curable. melanoma. Skin
cancer With early is detection easily diagnosed and treatment, with skin a cancer skin is biopsy.
There highly curable. are different Skin cancer treatment is easily diagnosed options with for a skin
skin biopsy. There are different treatment options for
cancer including excisional surgery, cryosurgery
skin cancer including excisional surgery, cryosurgery
(freezing),
(freezing), electro
electro
surgery
surgery
(burning),
(burning),
radiation,
radiation,
prescription medications, medications, and the and specialized the specialized
surgical
surgical technique technique of Mohs Micrographic of Mohs Micrographic Surgery. The Mohs Surgery.
The surgery Mohs procedure surgery has procedure proven to be has up proven to 99 percent to be up
to effective 99 percent for basal effective cell carcinoma for basal and cell Squamous carcinoma cell and
Squamous carcinoma, cell the most carcinoma, common the types most of skin common cancer. types
of skin cancer.
Mohs surgery is microscopically controlled surgery that
involves Mohs the surgery complete is evaluation microscopically of the surgical controlled
surgery margins that for skin involves cancer removal. the complete Mohs surgery evaluation is of
the typically surgical an office margins based for procedure skin cancer performed removal. safely Mohs
surgery under local is anesthesia, typically which an office reduces based recovery procedure time and
performed has fewer side safely effects under than general local anesthesia. anesthesia, During which
Mohs surgery, the skin cancer is removed layer by layer
reduces recovery time and has fewer side effects
and the tissue is processed at an on-site laboratory. The
than
tissue
general
slides are
anesthesia.
examined by the Mohs surgeon who
performs During the Mohs pathology surgery, services, the skin all while cancer the is patient removed
layer remains by in layer the office. and the If more tissue cancer is processed remains, the at Mohs an onsite
surgeon laboratory. removes The more tissue precisely slides are from examined only the area by
with remaining cancer and this additional layer of tissue
the Mohs surgeon who performs the pathology
is processed and microscopically examined. This process
services, all while the patient remains in the office.
continues until all of the cancerous tissue is removed.
If Mohs more surgery cancer allows remains, for the the complete Mohs removal surgeon of removes the
more skin cancer, tissue yet precisely minimizes from the removal only of the healthy area tissue with
remaining leaving the cancer smallest and possibly this surgical additional wound. layer After of Mohs tissue
is processed and microscopically examined. This
process continues until all of the cancerous tissue
is removed.
Mohs surgery allows for the complete removal
surgery of the confirms skin cancer, that all yet of the minimizes skin the removal of
cancer healthy has tissue been leaving removed, the the smallest surgical defect possibly is surgical
immediately ready for repair. There are several options
wound. After Mohs surgery confirms that all of the
for repair that include allowing the wound to heal on its
own
skin
or
cancer
surgically
has
repairing
been removed,
the defect.
the surgical defect
Frequently, is immediately the Mohs ready surgeon for repair. also performs There the are several
reconstructive options for repaid surgery that with include a sutured allowing linear repair, the wound skin
graft, to heal or on skin its flap. own or surgically repairing the defect.
Frequently, the Mohs surgeon also performs the
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reconstructive surgery with a sutured linear repair,
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Robins disorders, o ffi c the e . removal of skin cancer, and Mohs
skin cancer surgery is performed by Dr. Darryl
The Hodson, organization board is well certified established dermatologist and well known in our
having Warner served Robins Georgia office. for over forty-five years.
We The welcome organization new patients is and well referrals, established and we and accept well
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