Mohs surgery
Cirugía micrográfica de Mohs
- Date
- 1938 · confidence high
- Place
- Madison, Wisconsin, United States
- Credited to
- Frederic E. Mohs
- Field
- Life & health
What it is
A microscopically controlled surgical technique that examines excised tissue layer by layer during the operation, developed by Frederic E. Mohs and considered the gold-standard method for skin cancer with complete margin control.
What it led to
- became the gold standard for removing skin cancers with minimal loss of healthy tissue
- reduced recurrence rates compared with conventional surgery
- drove the specialty of micrographic surgical dermatology