Mohs surgery cryostat
Freezing and cryostatic sectioning equipment that produces fresh horizontal sections of the excised tissue, allowing 100% of the lateral and deep margins to be assessed intraoperatively.
How it is used
Intraoperative processing of specimens in Mohs micrographic surgery, avoiding the delay of paraffin embedding.
Clinical tip
The Spanish REGESMOHS registry (18 centers) reports an intraoperative complication rate of only 1.62%.
Sources
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