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Mohs termed the excision of tumor tissues with the aid of a histological evaluation “microscopically controlled surgery” (MCS), and in its original meaning it is different from the “vertical serial cutting” (loaf-bread technique, see below). A horizontal serial cutting method was described by Burg and Konz in which the tumor would be cut horizontally using a microtome (see below). This has the advantage that the entire tumor can be analyzed histologically with only very small gaps.
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Breuninger, H., Adam, P. (2013). Terminology and Facts. In: 3D Histology Evaluation of Dermatologic Surgery. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-4438-0_9
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