| For example, a teenager with a fibroadenoma may choose to have the lump removed by excisional biopsy. |
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| For many years, burn reconstructive surgery comprised incisional or excisional releases of scars and skin autografting. |
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| These conditions make excisional surgery impossible for a large percentage of patients. |
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| Because of sampling errors and difficulties in obtaining an accurate diagnosis, excisional biopsy of enlarged lymph nodes should be performed. |
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| However, the invasiveness of open incisional or excisional biopsy carries the risk of surgical and anesthetic complications. |
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| A 51-year-old woman underwent an excisional breast biopsy following detection of abnormal calcifications on a routine mammogram. |
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| Any mole that is suggestive of melanoma requires an excisional biopsy, primarily because prognosis and treatment are based on tumor thickness. |
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| Commonly used treatments include excisional surgery, Mohs' surgery, radiation therapy, cryosurgery, curettage and electrodesiccation. |
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| Wound edges can be approximated with sutures when an excisional biopsy is performed. |
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| Additionally, it is well known that the best cosmetic result after breast conservation therapy occurs after only a single excisional biopsy is performed. |
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| We suggest a deep excisional biopsy with appropriate immunohisto-chemistry for any recurrent fibromatous tumor. |
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| At present, no single instrument can replace excisional biopsies for obtaining information. |
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| Others were specimens removed by excisional biopsy, tylectomy, or total mastectomy. |
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| The patient subsequently underwent excisional biopsy of the right nostril mass under general anaesthetic using a circumferential subperichondrial incision with a small margin. |
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| Formal excisional biopsies of multiple satellite neck lesions were consistent with a benign vasoformative lesion, favouring an ulcerated pyogenic granuloma. |
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| Excisional biopsy has few complications, such as vessel injury and the rare spinal accessory nerve injury. |
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| Excisional biopsy of the nodule was performed by anterior orbitotomy with local anesthesia. |
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