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Intraoperative assessment of margins in breast conservative surgery—still in use?
Author(s) -
Thill Marc,
Baumann Kristin,
Barinoff Jana
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
journal of surgical oncology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.201
H-Index - 111
eISSN - 1096-9098
pISSN - 0022-4790
DOI - 10.1002/jso.23634
Subject(s) - medicine , frozen section procedure , margin (machine learning) , surgery , ultrasound , radiology , machine learning , computer science
A positive margin in breast conserving surgery is associated with an increased risk of local recurrence. Failure to achieve clear margins results in re‐excision procedures. Methods for intraoperative assessment of margins have been developed, such as frozen section analysis, touch preparation cytology, near‐infrared fluorescence optical imaging, x‐ray diffraction technology, high‐frequency ultrasound, micro‐CT, and radiofrequency spectroscopy. In this article, options that might become the method of choice in the future are discussed. J. Surg. Oncol. 2014 110:15–20 . © 2014 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.