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'''Intraoperative consultation''', also '''quick section''' and '''frozen section''', is when a surgeon requests an opinion during an operation so that they can appropriately manage a patient.
'''Intraoperative consultation''', also '''quick section''' and '''frozen section''', is when a surgeon requests an opinion during an operation so that they can appropriately manage a patient.  It is abbreviated '''IC'''.
 
==Why ICs are done==
Reasons why IC are done:<ref>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Zarbo | first1 = RJ. | last2 = Schmidt | first2 = WA. | last3 = Bachner | first3 = P. | last4 = Howanitz | first4 = PJ. | last5 = Meier | first5 = FA. | last6 = Schifman | first6 = RB. | last7 = Boone | first7 = DJ. | last8 = Herron | first8 = RM. | title = Indications and immediate patient outcomes of pathology intraoperative consultations. College of American Pathologists/Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Outcomes Working Group Study. | journal = Arch Pathol Lab Med | volume = 120 | issue = 1 | pages = 19-25 | month = Jan | year = 1996 | doi =  | PMID = 8554440 }}
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#Determine diagnosis & appropriate extent of operation ~ 50%.
#Margins status - 15%.
#Triage tissue ~ 10%.
#Inform family ~ 8%.
#Sufficient tissue? ~ 8%.  


==Common specimens==
==Common specimens==
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==See also==
==See also==
*[[Basics]].
*[[Basics]].
==References==
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