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Frozen Section Library: Lung (Frozen Section Library, 1) by Timothy Craig Allen, Philip T. Cagle (auth.) is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

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Frozen sections are performed for the purpose of rapid diagnosis while a patient is undergoing surgery, usually under general anesthesia, as a basis for making immediate treatment decisions. Therefore, frozen section diagnosis is often a highly demanding situation for the pathologist who must render a diagnosis quickly and a crucial determination for the patient and surgeon. In addition to the need for rapid recall of differential diagnoses, there are many pitfalls and artifacts that add to the risk of frozen section diagnosis that are not present with permanent sections of fully processed tissues that can be examined in a more leisurely fashion. Most standard pathology textbooks, both general and subspecialty, largely ignore the topic of frozen section. Few textbooks have ever focused exclusively on frozen section diagnosis and those textbooks that have done so are now out-of-date and have limited numbers of black and white figures. None has emphasized the education of the surgeon in terms of frozen section benefits, limitations or proper utilization. The Frozen Section Library series will provide convenient, user-friendly handbooks for each organ system to expedite use in the hur

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Author

Timothy Craig Allen, Philip T. Cagle (auth.)

Publisher

Springer-Verlag New York

Published

2009

Language

EN

ISBN

9780387095721

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Medical, Medicine