What is the definition or description of: mohs surgery?

Skin cancer: Mohs surgery is a type of surgery to completely excise skin cancer. The tissue is sent pathologist who tells surgeon immediately where he need to keep resecting until all margins are free of cancer.

Derm Surgery: Mohs surgery is when a dermatologic surgeon uses a surgical technique to remove a skin lesion (almost always a cancer) and then processes the tissue in a specific manner where they also act as the histopathologist to examine the entire margin of the removed lesion to make sure it is clear of tumor.

100% Margin Examined: Mohs surgery is a skin cancer surgery technique that allows 100% evaluation of the tumor margins (edges & depth). It involves 3 steps: 1. Tumor removal 2. Pathological evaluation 3. Reconstructive surgery. The three steps are often done by one physician who can do all three steps in the office on the same day (most of the time). It is done almost exclusively by dermatologists.

Specialized technique: Mohs micrographic surgery is a margin control tissue sparing procedure that has the highest skin cancer cure rates while minimizing the size of a scar. This is accomplished by immediate and specialized sectioning of the removed tumor as well as mapping and orientation done during the procedure.