Mohs surgery
If you have skin cancer, Mohs surgery offers the best possible treatment. It aims to ensure complete removal of the tumour in a single procedure.
Dr Toledo is the first Mohs surgeon, and the only one working exclusively in private practice, accredited by the European Society for Mohs Surgery to perform this technique in southern Spain.
Mohs surgery
If you have skin cancer, Mohs surgery offers the best possible treatment. It aims to ensure complete removal of the tumour in a single procedure.
Dr Toledo is the first Mohs surgeon, and the only one working exclusively in private practice, accredited by the European Society for Mohs Surgery to perform this technique in southern Spain.
Mohs surgery
If you have skin cancer, Mohs surgery offers the best possible treatment. It aims to ensure complete removal of the tumour in a single procedure.
Dr Toledo is the first Mohs surgeon, and the only one working exclusively in private practice, accredited by the European Society for Mohs Surgery to perform this technique in southern Spain.
The most successful technique
Mohs surgery is the most advanced, precise and effective treatment for an increasing range of skin cancers. With Mohs surgery, dermatologists can precisely identify and remove an entire tumour while preserving the surrounding healthy tissue. It offers the greatest potential for cure, even when the skin cancer has previously been treated using another method (indeed, it is the technique of choice in these cases). This is particularly important because many skin cancers develop in sensitive areas such as the nose, lips or around the eyes.
Mohs surgery has the highest success rate of all skin cancer treatments: up to 99%
Mohs surgery involves removing skin cancer layer by layer and examining the tissue under a microscope until healthy, cancer-free tissue is reached around the tumour (known as “clear margins”). Mohs surgeons are specially trained both in this technique and in reconstructive surgery. Each specimen is examined by a pathologist immediately after the suspicious tissue is removed.
What does the procedure involve?
Completely removes
the tumour during surgery
Minimises the amount of
healthy tissue removed
Functional and
cosmetic results
Repairs the surgical site
on the same day the tumour is removed
What happens after surgery?
Thanks to the high success rate of this technique, most patients require only one operation. In the vast majority of cases, the procedure also includes repair of the wound.
Reduces the chance of the tumour returning to almost zero
Ensuring that the entire tumour is removed in one procedure has two important advantages. Firstly, removing only as much tissue as necessary optimises the cosmetic outcome. Secondly, reducing the chance of the tumour returning to almost zero avoids the personal and financial costs of more extensive surgery. This also means that regular follow-up appointments are not necessary.
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