A retrospective review of 57 patients, who had received frozensection diagnoses, was performed both to ascertain the accuracy of diagnosis and to evaluate its usefulness in assessing tumor surgery. Except for 2 cases, each with a parotid gland tumor, the frozen-section diagnoses were consistent with
Accuracy and usefulness of frozen-section diagnosis
β Scribed by Mark S. Granick; Mark P. Solomon; E. Ralph Erickson
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1991
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 97 KB
- Volume
- 13
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1043-3074
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