Comments on: Does anyone know about the surgery to remove malignant melanoma. I am having it done Mon morning. ? http://cancer-advances.com/does-anyone-know-about-the-surgery-to-remove-malignant-melanoma-i-am-having-it-done-mon-morning/ Covering the latest in cancer news and research. Tue, 08 Jun 2010 17:12:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: doc1 http://cancer-advances.com/does-anyone-know-about-the-surgery-to-remove-malignant-melanoma-i-am-having-it-done-mon-morning/comment-page-1/#comment-524 doc1 Wed, 03 Jun 2009 02:32:55 +0000 http://cancer-advances.com/medicine/does-anyone-know-about-the-surgery-to-remove-malignant-melanoma-i-am-having-it-done-mon-morning#comment-524 It depends on the site, usually it done under local anesthesia, but because there will be LN biopsy(or dissection) then it may be done under general anesthesia, again it depends on site, grade and stage and sites of metastasis (if present). to determine the type of surgery.anyway, it will not hurt you(it is not painful) except for post opertaive pain at site of surgery.. wish you good health. It depends on the site, usually it done under local anesthesia, but because there will be LN biopsy(or dissection) then it may be done under general anesthesia, again it depends on site, grade and stage and sites of metastasis (if present). to determine the type of surgery.anyway, it will not hurt you(it is not painful) except for post opertaive pain at site of surgery..
wish you good health.

]]> By: R. Gaspari http://cancer-advances.com/does-anyone-know-about-the-surgery-to-remove-malignant-melanoma-i-am-having-it-done-mon-morning/comment-page-1/#comment-523 R. Gaspari Wed, 03 Jun 2009 02:06:39 +0000 http://cancer-advances.com/medicine/does-anyone-know-about-the-surgery-to-remove-malignant-melanoma-i-am-having-it-done-mon-morning#comment-523 Missy, I'm terribly sorry to hear of all these calamities. Firstly, I'm not a dermatologic surgeon, so I can simply provide you with some basic info about it. I'm not very familiar with staging of melanoma, but generally many surgeons will do a sentinel lymph node biopsy (pretty easy imaging) procedure to see whether there's lymph node involvement (if it hasn't been determined yet). Then there are basically two approaches based on excisional margins for a lesion: the conventional one resects a lesion using very large margins to make sure they get every last bit of it. Mohs micrographic surgery is a bit more refined in that it used more sophisticated techniques to narrow the excisional margins. Beyond that, I really can't offer much but my best wishes for a successful outcome. Depending on your clinical situation, your physician is in the best position to determine the appropriate surgical management of your ailment. I wish you the best. Here's some high-tech academic info about Mohs which may not be all that helpful, but I figure I'll include it fyi: _____________________________________________ Surgical margins for excision of primary cutaneous melanoma. JA Zitelli, CD Brown, BH Hanusa - J Am Acad Dermatol, 1997 Missy, I’m terribly sorry to hear of all these calamities. Firstly, I’m not a dermatologic surgeon, so I can simply provide you with some basic info about it. I’m not very familiar with staging of melanoma, but generally many surgeons will do a sentinel lymph node biopsy (pretty easy imaging) procedure to see whether there’s lymph node involvement (if it hasn’t been determined yet). Then there are basically two approaches based on excisional margins for a lesion: the conventional one resects a lesion using very large margins to make sure they get every last bit of it. Mohs micrographic surgery is a bit more refined in that it used more sophisticated techniques to narrow the excisional margins.

Beyond that, I really can’t offer much but my best wishes for a successful outcome. Depending on your clinical situation, your physician is in the best position to determine the appropriate surgical management of your ailment.

I wish you the best.

Here’s some high-tech academic info about Mohs which may not be all that helpful, but I figure I’ll include it fyi:

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Surgical margins for excision of primary cutaneous melanoma.
JA Zitelli, CD Brown, BH Hanusa – J Am Acad Dermatol, 1997

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