Utility of intraoperative frozen section examination in thoracic surgery. A review of 721 cases

Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 83-87

  Sirmali, Mehmet ^a,b   Demirag F ^a   Turut H ^a   Gezer, S ^a   Topcu S ^a   Kaya, S ^a   Tastepe I ^a  

^a ATATURK TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^b NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Lung neoplasms; Surgery; Thoracic surgery

Indexed keywords

PARAFFIN;

CANCER STAGING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FROZEN SECTION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LUNG NODULE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDIASTINOSCOPY; MEDIASTINUM MASS; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; OPERATION DURATION; PLEURA THICKENING; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RELIABILITY; REVIEW; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORAX SURGERY; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

FROZEN SECTIONS; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LUNG DISEASES; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MEDIASTINOSCOPY; PLEURA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THORACIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 33645280588     PISSN: 00219509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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