BCC Excision Revisited

Long-term Results After Surgical Basal Cell Carcinoma Excision in the Eyelid Region: Revisited

To readdress basal cell carcinoma (BCC) in the periocular region to prove histologically controlled surgical treatment efficacy and to identify high-risk characteristics.

Inclusion criteria:

• Patient records were reviewed for the presence of BCC and surgical excision with frozen sections control of the wound margins in the periocular region,
• conducted between 01.01.2009 and 31.12.2019.
• Periocular was defined as the area involving the medial and lateral canthus as well as the upper and lower eyelids.

Exclusion criteria:

• BCCs outside of this region were excluded from this analysis,
• as well as incomplete records.