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==Overview==
==Basal Cell Carcinoma Surgery==
===Electrodesiccation and Curettage===
A curette is used to remove the tumor away from adjacent normal skin. Electrodesiccation and curettage is a brief procedure and is effective in treating primary nodular and superficial basal cell carcinoma. The disadvantage of this procedure is it leaves a white, atrophic scar<ref name="pmid1820764">{{cite journal| author=Silverman MK, Kopf AW, Grin CM, Bart RS, Levenstein MJ| title=Recurrence rates of treated basal cell carcinomas. Part 2: Curettage-electrodesiccation. | journal=J Dermatol Surg Oncol | year= 1991 | volume= 17 | issue= 9 | pages= 720-6 | pmid=1820764 | doi= | pmc= | url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=1820764  }} </ref>.


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Basal Cell Carcinoma Surgery

Electrodesiccation and Curettage

A curette is used to remove the tumor away from adjacent normal skin. Electrodesiccation and curettage is a brief procedure and is effective in treating primary nodular and superficial basal cell carcinoma. The disadvantage of this procedure is it leaves a white, atrophic scar[1].


References

  1. Silverman MK, Kopf AW, Grin CM, Bart RS, Levenstein MJ (1991). "Recurrence rates of treated basal cell carcinomas. Part 2: Curettage-electrodesiccation". J Dermatol Surg Oncol. 17 (9): 720–6. PMID 1820764.