Recurrence rates of basal cell carcinoma of the periocular skin: what to do with patients who have positive margins after resection.

Objective: To determine the recurrence rates of basal cell carcinoma of the periocular skin in patients who were in the following 3 groups after pathologic analysis: Mohs frozen sections (negative margins); permanent sections with positive tumor margins; and permanent sections with negative tumor margins at the time of primary surgical removal.

Design: The study is a retrospective chart review.

Participants: We identified 385 patients who underwent surgery for basal cell carcinoma.