Commentary on the Use of a Biosynthetic Skin Substitute in Slow Mohs Micrographic Surgery

presents a seriesof cases of skin tumors that underwent surgicalexcision and used the skin substitute Biobrane tocover the surgical defects. The authors describe thecharacteristics of slow-Mohs and conventionalMohs techniques to treat these tumors. Theyexplain why they chose this product to aid inrecovery. Most importantly, they show the clinicaloutcomes of the patients who received this treat-ment. The authors conclude by recommending Bio-brane as an option when closing postsurgicaldefects temporarily or permanently.Skin tumors, especially squamous cell carcinoma(SCC), basal cell carcinoma (BCC), and malignantmelanoma (MM), are frequent in dermatologists’practices and often need surgery to achieve com-plete removal.