Table 5.

Recurrence Rates Reported for Acral Lentiginous Melanoma

Publication	n	Surgical Approach	Diagnosis	Recurrence Rate (%)
Gumase et al.	61	WLE	ALM	49.0
Moehrle et al.	31	Amputation	Subungual specifically	48.4
Cohen et al.	49	Mixed	Subungual specifically	27
Moehrle et al.	31	WLE	Subungual specifically	35.5
Phan et al.	126	WLE	ALM	30.0
Lee et al.	129	Mixed	ALM	10.8
Heaton et al.	46	Amputation	Subungual specifically	65
Urist et al. (1985)	3,445	WLE	Primary cutaneous	2.7
Urist et al. (1996)	3,147	WLE	Primary cutaneous	3.2

WLE, wide local excision; ALM, acral lentiginous melanoma.