Major salivary gland tumors are uncommon and the exact nature of these tumors is not obvious. This study was carried out to compare the histological results of intraoperative frozen sections against those of permanent reports for major salivary glands masses. One hundred thirty-nine patients with major salivary gland masses who were candidates for surgery underwent an intraoperative frozen sect...

Objective: Transoral laser microsurgery (TLM) for endoscopic excision of head and neck cancers of the upper aerodigestive tract has become an accepted treatment modality. As in any excision of head and neck tumors, the persistance of tumor at the surgical margins influences the outcome. One of the frequent criticisms of endoscopic resection is that the laser use makes interpretation of the surg...

In 100 recent CT-guided brain biopsies, the value of intraoperative histologic examination using frozen section technique was evaluated. In 87 of these cases, the biopsy was performed stereotactically. In the remaining 13 cases, a CT-guided free hand technique was used. Of the 100 biopsies performed, adequate tissue for histopathologic diagnosis was obtained in 97, and in three the biopsy was n...

Immunophenotyping by flow cytometry and frozen-section immunoperoxidase was compared on 21 consecutive lymph node biopsy specimens, of which a diagnosis of lymphoma was made for 11 specimens. Samples for flow cytometry were obtained by a fine-needle aspiration technique. Concordance between frozen-section immunoperoxidase and flow cytometry for all routine markers on all specimens ranged from 7...

PURPOSE To determine the diagnostic utility of a frozen section biopsy in patients undergoing endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD) for early gastric neoplasms with obscure margins even with chromoendoscopy using acetic acid and indigo carmine (AI chromoendoscopy). MATERIALS AND METHODS The lateral spread of early gastric neoplasms was unclear even following AI chromoendoscopy in 38 patients...

Background: Accuracy of diagnosis with intra-operative frozen sections is extremely important in the evaluation of ovarian tumors so that appropriate surgical procedures can be selected. Study design: All patients who with intra-operative frozen sections for ovarian masses in a tertiary center over nine years from June 2008 until April 2017 were reviewed. Frozen section diagnosis and final hist...

BACKGROUND Today, in the management of pancreas cancers, achieving an R0 resection is one of the most powerful independent predictors of long-term survival. The aim of this study is to assess the clinical significance of intraoperative frozen section analysis of the pancreatic surgical margin for pancreatic cancer during pancreaticoduodemectomy. MATERIAL AND METHODS We conducted a retrospecti...

BACKGROUND The aim of the study was to evaluate total hospital costs of three different sentinel node biopsy (SNB) protocols compared to those of diagnostic axillary lymph node dissection (ALND). PATIENTS AND METHODS The study included 237 consecutive breast cancer patients who underwent SNB with frozen section diagnosis. The sequence of the treatment procedures for each patient was recorded....

OBJECTIVE: In the retrospective study to review the records of patients who had undergone thyroid surgery between 1986-1995 and to determine the need of frozen section (FS) following FNA biopsy. METHODS: The records of 2083 patients who had thyroid surgery in Gazi University Medical Faculty Department of General Surgery between 1986-1995 were retrospectively reviewed to determine and compare th...

A tissue biopsy is usually a critical aspect in guiding appropriate initial management in patients with musculoskeletal tumours. We have previously outlined the role of intra-operative frozen section in both the determination of adequacy of a biopsy and for its diagnostic utility. In this article, the options and techniques for intra-operative pathological evaluation, namely frozen section, fin...