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.
Also Known As:
Mohs' Micrographic Surgery; Micrographic Surgery, Moh's; Micrographic Surgery, Mohs'; Moh's Micrographic Surgery; Moh's Surgery; Mohs Micrographic Surgery; Surgery, Moh's Micrographic; Surgery, Mohs; Surgery, Mohs Micrographic; Surgery, Mohs'; Micrographic Surgery, Moh; Moh Micrographic Surgery; Moh Surgery; Mohs' Surgery; Surgery, Moh; Surgery, Moh Micrographic; Surgery, Moh's; Surgery, Mohs' Micrographic; Micrographic Surgery, Mohs