electrodesiccation

Some advocate curettage alone without electrodesiccation, and with the same cure rate.

This can occur with either previous excision, or after electrodesiccation and curettage.

Successful topical treatments also include cryotherapy and electrodesiccation of the lesion.

On the trunk, arms, and legs, electrodesiccation and curettage often suffice.

Surgery, including local excision or electrodesiccation and curettage.

For spider angiomas on the face, techniques such as electrodesiccation and laser treatment can be used to remove the lesion.

When tumors more than 3 cm in diameter are treated with electrodesiccation and curettage, a 50% recurrence rate should be expected within 5 years.

They often resolve spontaneously but can be removed by a dermatologist using electrodesiccation or laser therapy."

Larger lesions can be treated with electrodesiccation and curettage, shave excision, or cryosurgery.

Electrodesiccation and surgical excision may produce scarring.

Electrodesiccation and curettage: The tumor is cut from the skin with a curette (a sharp, spoon-shaped tool).

Electrodesiccation and curettage.

See electrodesiccation and curettage.

An example of such a combination procedure is the standard method of electrodesiccation and curettage used by dermatologists to destroy skin cancers.

The traditional methods of treatment involve the use of cryosurgery, radiation therapy, electrodesiccation and curettage, and simple excision.

Scraping away the lesion and using electricity to kill any remaining cells (caled curettage and electrodesiccation)

In the case of skin cancers, the cautery and electrodesiccation is usually performed three times, or until the surgeon is comfortable reasonable margins have been achieved.

Electrodesiccation and curettage or EDC can be done on selected squamous cell carcinoma of the skin.

Desmoplastic trichoepithelioma is benign tumor and can be managed safely with surgical removal, electrodesiccation and curettage.

Tumors with diameters ranging from 2 mm to 5 mm have a 15% recurrence rate after treatment with electrodesiccation and curettage.

If the lesion is a seborrheic keratosis, then shave excision, electrodesiccation or cryosurgery may be performed, usually leaving very little if any scarring.

Under select circumstances, radiation, topical chemotherapy, cryosurgery, electrodesiccation and curettage, and standard excision are better than Mohs surgery.

Recurrence after electrodesiccation and curettage is common, and usually can be identified and treated promptly with either further curettage or surgical excision.

Benign skin tumors are usually surgically ressected but other treatments such as cryotherapy, curettage, electrodesiccation, laser therapy, dermabrasion, chemical peels and topical medication are used.

Other modalities of treatment such as photodynamic therapy, topical chemotherapy, electrodesiccation and curettage can be found in the discussions of basal cell carcinoma and squamous cell carcinoma.