2016_Head & Neck COURSE BOOK

Frozen sections PENDING PROBLEMS: HIGH GRADE MALIGNANCIES

“IOFS can be employed to guide further surgical management while the patient is still on the operating table. A meta-analysis published in 2011 (Schmidt et al.) looking at data from 13 studies over a 25-year period describes 90% sensitivity, 99% specificity and good consistency of results across study centres” “In general, IOFS can be used as an adjunct to the less invasive options where diagnostic suspicion and uncertainty remain”

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