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This article describes a 73-year-old white man with a history of dizziness secondary to profound anemia who presented with a large basal cell carcinoma of the left front temple region. A multidisciplinary approach to the extirpation and reconstruction of this defect is presented with a review of histopathologic features and outcomes of basal cell carcinoma excision.
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Carcinoma Basocelular/cirugía , Neoplasias Faciales/cirugía , Procedimientos de Cirugía Plástica , Neoplasias Cutáneas/cirugía , Anciano , Humanos , Masculino , Úlcera Cutánea/complicacionesRESUMEN
Percutaneous endoscopic gastrotomy (PEG) has become the procedure of choice for meeting long-term nutritional needs in chronically ill patients. To determine the complication and mortality rates in a community hospital, we performed a retrospective analysis of 224 patients having PEG placement over a 2-yr period. Our study indicates that the morbidity and mortality resulting from PEG placement in a community hospital should be similar to that reported from large university studies.