Open AccessCorrelation of intra-operative frozen section consultation with the final diagnosis at a referral center in Karachi, Pakistan
Author(s) -
Zubair Ahmad,
Muhammad Abrar Barakzai,
Romana Idrees,
Yasmin Bhurgri
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
indian journal of pathology and microbiology/indian journal of pathology and microbiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.217
H-Index - 31
eISSN - 0974-5130
pISSN - 0377-4929
DOI - 10.4103/0377-4929.43733
Subject(s) - medicine , frozen section procedure , sampling (signal processing) , concordance , referral , medical diagnosis , surgery , retrospective cohort study , radiology , family medicine , filter (signal processing) , computer science , computer vision
The correlation of intra-operative frozen section diagnosis with final diagnosis on permanent sections is an integral part of quality assurance in surgical pathology laboratories. However, there is scant data on this topic from Pakistan. Similarly, no local study has looked at frozen section turnaround times.