High magnification assessment improves complete resection of facial tumors

Annals of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 57, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 517-520

  Wettstein, Reto ^a   Kalbermatten, Daniel F ^a,b   Rieger, Ulrich ^a   Farhadi, Jian ^a   Harr, Thomas ^a   Pierer, Gerhard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Frozen section analysis; Loupe magnification; Preoperative planning; Safety margin; Skin tumor; Varioscope

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FACE TUMOR; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FROZEN SECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MAGNIFICATION RADIOGRAPHY; MALE; PLASTIC SURGERY; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REOPERATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FACE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSURGERY; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33750370543     PISSN: 01487043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.sap.0000226930.67941.7f     Document Type: Article

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