The 100-Year Anniversary of the Description of the Frozen Section Procedure

摘要

While autopsies represent a small and ever-diminishing part of medical practice, most contemporary pathologists are actively and directly involved in rendering care to the living patient through the various facets of the modern clinical laboratory. One of the most crucial tasks of the pathologist is the performance and interpretation of the frozen section or intraoperative consultation for diagnosis, margin assessment, and procurement of tissue for research purposes. This procedure is critical for the performance of accurate surgery: its outcome may guide the surgeon to continue or abort the surgical procedure.