Background: The optimal method used to assess surgical margins in breast-conserving surgery (BCS) has not been determined. Method: After wide excision was performed with macroscopic margins of at least 1 cm, surgical margins were evaluated on tangential sections by frozen section analyses (FSA). Positive margins prompted immediate surgical re-excision of the corresponding tissue. The results we...

OBJECTIVE Successful results after one-stage trans-anal pull-through (OSTAPT) operation for Hirschsprung's disease (HD) depend on accurate identification of the aganglionic segment in intra-operative frozen section (FS). Misinterpretation of the findings of the rectal biopsy is an anxiety-evoking pitfall for the surgeon. This study aims to describe our experiences in comparing results of FS and...

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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...

BACKGROUND Sentinel lymph node (SLN) biopsy is a procedure of choice to determine the axillary involvement in breast cancer. The most important intraoperative evaluation methods are touch imprint cytology (TIC) and frozen section (FS). Each of these techniques has its own drawbacks and it is still unclear which is preferred. MATERIAL AND METHODS 97 consecutive patients with recently diagnosed...