background and objective: intraoperative consultation by frozen section is a high – risk procedure with important consequences. therefore, it is critical to determine efficiency of frozen section performance periodically. this study was performed to determine the accuracy of frozen section in urmia university of medical sciences. materials & methods:inthis cross sectional study, we compare...

BACKGROUND The value of frozen sections in the intraoperative examination of sentinel nodes (SN) remains controversial. Accurate frozen sections will spare those patients with node metastasis from a second procedure to complete the axillary dissection. We examined our own experience with intraoperative examination of SN. STUDY DESIGN Between January 1, 2006, and December 31, 2006, we performe...

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 When differential diagnosis is difficult in thyroid follicular lesions with overlapping histological features, the immunohistochemical staining can help confirm the diagnosis. We aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of rapid immunohistochemical stains of CD56 and cytokeratin 19 on frozen sections of thyroid follicular lesion and explore the possible gains and limitations of the practi...

BACKGROUND Telepathology is an expanding technology in multiple fields for remote pathology diagnosis and consultation. The use of telepathology in Mohs surgery has been very limited. OBJECTIVE To describe the clinical experience of using a telepathology system for intraoperative consultations on difficult frozen sections during Mohs surgery. MATERIALS AND METHODS Intraoperative consultatio...

OBJECTIVES/HYPOTHESIS Previous studies report high-accuracy rates for intraoperative frozen sections, but reliability of frozen sections in predicting the ultimate final margin status is unknown. We compared frozen and permanent reads to identify risk factors for overall discrepancies between intraoperative and final margin status. STUDY DESIGN Retrospective chart review. METHODS Pathology ...

Novel surgical applications include radioguided procedures in parathyroidectomy operations. In order to investigate the feasibility of usage of the portable gamma camera in parathyroidectomy operations; intraoperative radioguided parathyroidectomy operation was performed in three hyperparathyroidism patients with inconclusive preoperative parathyroid scintigraphy results. Intraoperative portabl...

BACKGROUND The value of routine frozen section examination for intraoperative diagnosis of thyroid cancer and determination of extent of thyroidectomy is controversial and needs to be evaluated on an institution to institution basis. METHODS A prospective evaluation of 76 patients with nodular thyroid disease who had an adequate fine needle aspiration biopsy (FNAB) underwent thyroidectomy wit...

Frozen section and touch imprint cytology are important diagnostic procedures for surgeons during operation and must be accurate if the patient is to receive maximum benefit. To assess the accuracy of intraoperative pathologic consultation including frozen section and touch imprint cytology during a five year period (1995- 2000), a retrospective survey of 1000 consecutive cases of frozen s...