Frozen section of the pancreatic neck margin in pancreatoduodenectomy for pancreatic adenocarcinoma is of limited utility

Pathology

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 188-192

  Pang, Tony C Y ^a,b   Wilson, Oliver ^a   Argueta, Manuel A ^a   Hugh, Thomas J ^a,b   Chou, Angela ^c,d   Samra, Jaswinder S ^a,b   Gill, Anthony J ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b ROYAL NORTH SHORE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^d ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Frozen section; Pancreatic adenocarcinoma; Pancreatoduodenectomy; Surgical margins

Indexed keywords

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; CARCINOMA, PANCREATIC DUCTAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FROZEN SECTION; HUMAN; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NEOPLASM, RESIDUAL; PANCREAS; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS; PANCREATICODUODENECTOMY; PATHOLOGY; PROCEDURES; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL RATE; VERY ELDERLY;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, PANCREATIC DUCTAL; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FROZEN SECTIONS; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM, RESIDUAL; PANCREAS; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS; PANCREATICODUODENECTOMY; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 84902163073     PISSN: 00313025     EISSN: 14653931     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PAT.0000000000000072     Document Type: Article

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