The following photogallery has been included to demonstrate the key steps involved in the removal of a skin tumour via Mohs Micrographic surgery
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1. Marking out of the tumour
1. Marking out of the tumour
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2. Injecting of local anaesthetic
2. Injecting of local anaesthetic
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3. Measuring tumour dimensions
3. Measuring tumour dimensions
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4. Preparing tumour for excision
4. Preparing tumour for excision
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5. Scraping the tumour
5. Scraping the tumour
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6. Excising the tumour
6. Excising the tumour
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7. Orientation of the tumour on a diagram
7. Orientation of the tumour on a diagram
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8. Orientation of the tumour on a diagram
8. Orientation of the tumour on a diagram
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9.Cutting the tumour into smaller pieces
9.Cutting the tumour into smaller pieces
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10. Colour staining of the tumour
10. Colour staining of the tumour
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11. Cut and coloured tumour pieces
11. Cut and coloured tumour pieces
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12.Freezing of the tumour pieces
12.Freezing of the tumour pieces
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13. Cutting of frozen tumour pieces
13. Cutting of frozen tumour pieces
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14. Staining of tumour slides
14. Staining of tumour slides
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15. Tumour slides
15. Tumour slides
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16. Microscopic tumour slides
16. Microscopic tumour slides
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17. Examining slides under the microscope
17. Examining slides under the microscope
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18. Detecting tumour under the microscope
18. Detecting tumour under the microscope
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19. Tumour free defect
19. Tumour free defect
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20. Marking out of flap
20. Marking out of flap
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21. Rotation flap marked out
21. Rotation flap marked out
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22. Undermining of flap
22. Undermining of flap
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23. Closing the defect
23. Closing the defect
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24. The final, closed tumour free defect
24. The final, closed tumour free defect
