Table 2. Comparison of excision margin in different studies .

Study	Total number of cases	Excision margin	Number of skin lesions	Complete excision	Incomplete excision	Recurrence
Ito et al. [11]	288	2mm	46	44	2	0
		3mm	172	172	0
		4mm	17	17	0
		5mm	53	53	0
Unverdi et al. [12]	99	3mm	53	50	3	-
		5 mm	46	46	0
Lin et al. [13]	143	3mm	143	120	23	11
Thomas et al. [14]	92	4mm	92	87	5	-
Sood et al. [15]	63	2 mm	63	60	3	0
Konopnicki et al. [16]	127	3 mm	32	28	4	-
		4mm	45	35	10
		5mm	50	42	8
Chada et al. [17]	90	2mm	90	78	12	3
Hsuan et al. [18]	55	2mm	55	45	10	0
Santiago et al. [19]	306	2mm	226	206	20	-
		3mm	63	54	9
		4mm	14	11	3
		5mm	3	3	0
Nazhad et al. [20]	50	4mm	50	48	2	-
Nemet et al. [21]	417	3mm	417	311	106	27
Wolf et al. [22]	117	4mm	117	111	6	-
Griffith et al. [23]	1392	3mm	1392	1293	99	40
Blomqvist et al. [24]	477	3mm	477	457	20	11
Kimyai-Asadi et al. [25]	134	1mm	25	19	4	-
		2mm	85	65	20
		3-mm	24	21	3