Mohs Surgery

MeSH code information

• Name
  Mohs Surgery
• Concept
  Scope note: A surgical technique used primarily in the treatment of skin neoplasms, especially basal cell or squamous cell carcinoma of the skin. This procedure is a microscopically controlled excision of cutaneous tumors either after fixation in vivo or after freezing the tissue. Serial examinations of fresh tissue specimens are most frequently done.
• Tree numbers
  • E04.494.575
  • E04.680.275.580
• Qualifiers
  rehabilitation, ethics, mortality, psychology, trends, veterinary, history, classification, economics, education, instrumentation, methods, nursing, standards, legislation & jurisprudence, adverse effects, statistics & numerical data