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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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[[Category:Basics]] | [[Category:Basics]] |
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