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The specificity of histological techniques of frozen sections in Mohs Micrographic Surgery
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Abstract
Mohs Micrographic Surgery (MMS) is a method of staged surgical excision of skin cancer based on a full analysis of histological margins, conducted mostly in “intraoperative” procedure. Fast preparation of histological sections, demonstrating the whole surgical margin (lateral and deep), requires special handling, starting with mode of surgical excision, through topographical marking of specimens, their division, to all steps of histological processing. Authors, employing the Mohs Microgpaphic Surgery in “fresh tissue” version (frozen sections) for many years, resent and discuss a number of solutions applied in this field. Particularly, the construction and operation of the own-patented, laboratory apparatus, allowing for simple and precise execution of large histological sections in MMS is discussed.
Abstract
Mohs Micrographic Surgery (MMS) is a method of staged surgical excision of skin cancer based on a full analysis of histological margins, conducted mostly in “intraoperative” procedure. Fast preparation of histological sections, demonstrating the whole surgical margin (lateral and deep), requires special handling, starting with mode of surgical excision, through topographical marking of specimens, their division, to all steps of histological processing. Authors, employing the Mohs Microgpaphic Surgery in “fresh tissue” version (frozen sections) for many years, resent and discuss a number of solutions applied in this field. Particularly, the construction and operation of the own-patented, laboratory apparatus, allowing for simple and precise execution of large histological sections in MMS is discussed.
Keywords
Mohs micrographic surgery, frozen sections technique, fresh tissue technique, histological tissue processing, histological technique
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The specificity of histological techniques of frozen sections in Mohs Micrographic Surgery
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Review paper
Pages
6-11
Published online
2016-01-27
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Bibliographic record
Forum Dermatologicum 2015;1(1):6-11.
Keywords
Mohs micrographic surgery
frozen sections technique
fresh tissue technique
histological tissue processing
histological technique
Authors
Maria Kozioł
Andrzej Bieniek
