Quantitative comparison of surgical margin histology following excision with traditional electrosurgery and a low-thermal-injury dissection device

Journal of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 104, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 746-754

  Ruidiaz, Manuel E ^a   Cortes Mateos, Maria J ^b   Sandoval, Sergio ^a   Martin, David T ^c   Wang Rodriguez, Jessica ^b,d   Hasteh, Farnaz ^d   Wallace, Anne ^b,e   Vose, Joshua G ^f   Kummel, Andrew C ^a,b,g,h   Blair, Sarah L ^b,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^f NONE   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

breast conservation therapy; electrosurgery; lumpectomy; oncology; PlasmaBlade; surgical margin

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CARCINOMA; BREAST SURGERY; CANCER SIZE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTROSURGERY; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IN VIVO STUDY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INVASIVE DUCTAL CARCINOMA; PARTIAL MASTECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; THERMAL INJURY;

ADULT; AGED; BIOPSY; BREAST NEOPLASMS; BURNS; CARCINOMA, DUCTAL, BREAST; COLLAGEN; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; ELECTROSURGERY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MASTECTOMY, SEGMENTAL; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM, RESIDUAL; PILOT PROJECTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROTEIN DENATURATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOFT TISSUE INJURIES;

EID: 80255138303     PISSN: 00224790     EISSN: 10969098     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jso.22012     Document Type: Article

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