A patient with skin cancer is scheduled to undergo excision of the tumor in the outpatient surgery department. The patient tells you she is having the most accurate surgical technique available
You would know that the surgery the patient is having is what?
A) Mohs' micrographic surgery
B) Electrosurgery
C) Cryosurgery
D) Radiation Therapy
Ans: A
Feedback: Mohs' micrographic surgery is the most accurate surgical technique and best conserves normal tissue. The procedure removes the tumor layer by layer. Electrosurgery is the destruction or removal of tissue by electrical energy. The current is converted to heat, which then passes to the tissue from a cold electrode. Cryosurgery destroys the tumor by deep-freezing the tissue. Radiation therapy is not surgery.
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