Eyelid Tumours – Mohs surgery
Mohs surgery is a highly specialised surgical technique to remove certain skin tumours. It offers a number of advantages over other possible treatments, having a uniquely high cure rate and the benefit of ensuring that only the minimal amount of normal tissue is sacrificed. It will be appreciated that this feature is of immense importance around the eyes. This also ensures that the reconstructive surgery required to deal with the ensuing defect is less extensive.
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The Mohs surgeon for this region is Dr Nick Telfer, a Consultant Dermatologist based at the Dermatology Department of Hope Hospital, Salford. He is one of very few doctors in the United Kingdom who have received specialist training in Mohs surgery. His role in your management is to remove the tumour. Once this has been done you will transfer to Face & Eye, the BUPA Hospital Manchester, the Alexandra Hospital Cheadle or to Manchester Royal Eye Hospital (depending on the arrangements made in your particular case) where you will undergo surgery for the reconstruction of the defect left by the Mohs surgery. This will normally take place the same day.
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