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Skin cancer centre

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The skin – the body’s largest sensory organ

… contains numerous cell and tissue types. Skin changes can be harmless, but they can also indicate various diseases. In some cases, skin problems have several causes that can reinforce each other. Preventive examinations on the one hand and timely and correct treatment and care of the skin on the other are therefore essential.

Video presentation skin cancer specialist DR. FLORIAN ROKA

Skin cancer screening & birthmark check

In addition to a precise inspection of the entire skin, a so-called reflected light microscopic examination of the moles is also carried out during this preventive examination.

This painless method uses microscopic patterns to distinguish benign moles from early malignant melanomas, which are often indistinguishable to the naked eye.

Suspicious skin changes can be operated on as an outpatient procedure under local anaesthetic in order to subject them to a microscopic examination. Cosmetically unpleasant but benign moles can be removed using a CO2 or KTP laser.

Dr. Florian Roka

›Many years of experience & extensive expertise for your dermatological concerns.‹

PROF. DR. FLORIAN ROKA
SPECIALIST FOR SKIN & SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES
SPECIALIST IN SKIN CANCER SURGERY

Surgical removal

Suspicious changes can be removed under local anaesthetic and sent for histological examination. We perform the removal of the following skin changes in one of our operating theatres:

  • Taking skin samples
  • Removal of disturbing skin changes (moles, lipomas, cysts, fibromas, etc.)
  • Removal of skin tumours (basal cell carcinoma, melanoma, squamous cell carcinoma, etc.)
  • Removal of warts
  • Cosmetic procedures (scar correction, earlobe correction)
  • Operations to close larger defects using flap surgery or skin grafts

Sentinel lymph node removal or lymph node evacuation (lymphadenectomy) for malignant melanoma

When diagnosing a melanoma, a sentinel lymph node biopsy is recommended from a certain tumour thickness in order to detect possible metastasis along the lymphatic pathways at an early stage. In this minimally invasive procedure, the lymph node is labelled using nuclear medicine and selectively removed. This procedure is usually performed under general anaesthetic.