Percutaneous ligature of the superficial temporal artery prior to surgical excision and primary closure


https://doi.org/10.4081/dr.2023.9715
Vol. 15 No. 3 (2023)
Published: 23 March 2023
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  • Laura Miccio Ospedale San Bortolo di Vicenza, ULSS 8 Berica, Complex Operational Unit of Dermatology, Department of Medical Sciences, Vicenza, Italy.
  • Laura Gnesotto Dermatology Unit, Department of Medicine DIMED, University of Padua, Italy.

A 78-year-old man presented with a growing lesion on his right temple, clinically suggestive for basal cell carcinoma. Therefore, surgical excision was planned.


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Miccio, L., & Gnesotto, L. (2023). Percutaneous ligature of the superficial temporal artery prior to surgical excision and primary closure . Dermatology Reports, 15(3). https://doi.org/10.4081/dr.2023.9715

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