Why Mohs Micrographic Surgery?
There are several reasons why a surgeon will recommend the technique and a patient will opt to undergo Mohs micrographic surgery. Mohs micrographic surgery allows for the highest chance of cure. In fact, while some other techniques have only a 50 to 90 percent success rate, Mohs enjoys a 97 percent or higher success rate in curing most skin cancers. By using the microscope and the mapping technique, Mohs surgery pinpoints the cancerous areas and removes those areas only. By doing this, the exact location of skin cancer cells is determined. This allows the physician to save as much healthy tissue as possible. Since Mohs surgery is so specialized, there are very few medical centers in the United States which perform the procedure. Tulane University Medical Center has developed a Mohs Micrographic Surgery Center, headed by Dr. Alan T. Lewis. Dr. Lewis is an Associate Professor of Dermatology at Tulane Medical School. He received specialized training in Mohs micrographic surgery and dermat
