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23 March 2023
Vol. 15 No. 3 (2023)
https://doi.org/10.4081/dr.2023.9715

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

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