Mohs Micrographic Surgery - Photogallery
The following photogallery has been included to demonstrate the key steps involved in the removal of a skin tumour via Mohs Micrographic surgery
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1. Marking out of the Tumour
2. Injecting of local Anaesthetic
3. Measuring tumour dimensions
4. Preparing tumour for excision
5. Scraping the tumour
6. Excising the tumour
7. Orientation of the tumour on a diagram
8. Orientation of the tumour on a diagram
9. Cutting the tumour into smaller pieces
10. Colour staining of the tumour
11. Cut and coloured tumour pieces
12. Freezing of the tumour pieces
13. Cutting of frozen tumour pieces
14. Staining of tumour slides
15. Tumour slides
16. Microscopic tumour slides
17. Examining slides under the microscope
18. Detecting tumour under the microscope
19. Tumour free defect
20. Marking out of flap
21. Rotation flap marked out
22. Undermining of flap
23. Closing the defect
24. The final, closed tumour free defect
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