Open AccessRole of frozen section in surgical management of ovarian neoplasm
Author(s) -
Saphina Palakkan,
Tony Augestine,
MK Valsan,
K P Abdul Vahab,
Lekha K Nair
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
gynecology and minimally invasive therapy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.441
H-Index - 12
eISSN - 2213-3089
pISSN - 2213-3070
DOI - 10.4103/gmit.gmit_2_19
Subject(s) - frozen section procedure , medicine , predictive value , ovarian tumor , ovarian cancer , fallopian tube , gynecology , surgery , cancer
Cancers of the adnexae, including ovarian and fallopian tube, constitute the eighth most common cancers among women worldwide. Surgery remains the cornerstone in the management of ovarian cancer. Intraoperative frozen section diagnosis of ovarian tumors is widely used in making this distinction and to decide the course of surgery. Therefore, the accuracy of this technique is very important. The aim was to determine the overall accuracy, sensitivity, specificity, and predictive values of frozen section for ovarian tumors and to evaluate the role of frozen section in the surgical management of ovarian tumors.