Excisional skin surgery

Excisional skin surgery is a surgical procedure used to remove moles, cysts, skin cancer, and other skin growths using local anesthesia. To treat skin cancer, the doctor uses a scalpel to remove the entire tumor and some of the healthy tissue around it.

References

This article incorporates public domain material from the U.S. National Cancer Institute document "Dictionary of Cancer Terms".

External links

Excisional skin surgery entry in the public domain NCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms

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