Ocean Dermatology
Mohs Skin Cancer Surgery
Mohs Skin Cancer Surgery
About Mohs Surgery
About Mohs Surgery
Advantages of Mohs Surgery
Advantages of Mohs Surgery
Mohs surgery is unique and so effective because of the way the removed tissue is microscopically examined, evaluating 100% of the surgical margins.
The pathologic interpretation of the tissue margins is done on site by the Mohs surgeon, who is specially trained in the reading of these slides and is best able to correlate any microscopic findings with the surgical site on the patient.
Advantages of Mohs surgery include:
-Ensuring complete cancer removal during surgery, virtually eliminating the chance of the cancer growing back
-Minimizing the amount of healthy tissue lost
-Maximizing the functional and cosmetic outcome resulting from surgery
-Repairing the site of the cancer the same day the cancer is removed, in most cases
-Curing skin cancer when other methods have failed
Other skin cancer treatment methods blindly estimate the amount of tissue to treat, which can result in the unnecessary removal of healthy skin tissue and tumor re-growth if any cancer is missed.
Mohs Sucess Rate
Mohs Sucess Rate
The Mohs procedure involves surgically removing skin cancer layer by layer and examining the tissue under a microscope until healthy, cancer-free tissue around the tumor is reached (called clear margins).
Because the ACMS surgeon is specially trained as a cancer surgeon, pathologist, and reconstructive surgeon, Mohs surgery has the highest success rate of all treatments for skin cancer
– up to 99%.
Why Choose a Fellowship Trained MOHS surgeon?
Why Choose a Fellowship Trained MOHS surgeon?
You want your skin cancer treatment to be performed with the highest standards of quality and competency. The American College of Mohs Surgery is the only organization that requires its members to have successfully completed an extensive fellowship that requires at least one full year of training and hands-on experience provided by highly qualified instructors after completing their years of residency training.
You want your skin cancer treatment to be performed with the highest standards of quality and competency. The American College of Mohs Surgery is the only organization that requires its members to have successfully completed an extensive fellowship that requires at least one full year of training and hands-on experience provided by highly qualified instructors after completing their years of residency training.
Reconstruction
Reconstruction
While treatment of your skin cancer is your primary concern, reconstruction of the treated area is also important.
After your Mohs surgeon is confident that all of the cancer has been removed, together you will determine how the wound will be repaired.
In addition to removing skin cancer, fellowship trained Mohs College surgeons have specialized reconstructive surgery training for repairing the wound.
While treatment of your skin cancer is your primary concern, reconstruction of the treated area is also important.
After your Mohs surgeon is confident that all of the cancer has been removed, together you will determine how the wound will be repaired.
In addition to removing skin cancer, fellowship trained Mohs College surgeons have specialized reconstructive surgery training for repairing the wound.
