SURGICAL OUTCOMES AND RECURRENCE PATTERNS IN FACIAL MELANOMA: AN 8-YEAR FOLLOW-UP STUDY

Volume 35, Number 7 (2025)

Aušrinė Šerėnaitė, Ernest Zacharevskij, Loreta Pilipaitytė, Kęstutis Braziulis Abstract This retrospective study evaluates surgical outcomes in 93 patients undergoing facial melanoma surgery between 2016 and 2023. Key factors analyzed include tumor lo­calization, morphology, surgical radicality (R0, R1, Rx), excision width and recurrence rates. Lentigo maligna spectrum was the most common type (77.4%), with the left…