A Practical Guide to Frozen Section Technique

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Peters, Stephen R. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York, 2010.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Laboratory medicine.; Pathology.; Medicine & Public Health.; Laboratory Medicine.

A Practical Guide to Frozen Section Technique offers an easy to learn approach to frozen section technique in the form of a highly illustrated handbook intended for onsite use in the laboratory. The book begins with a novel, clearly delineated, step by step approach to learning continuous motion bru...

Table of Contents:

• Understanding and Maintaining the Cryostat
• Gross Examination of Tissues in the Frozen Section Room
• Embedding of Tissue for Frozen Section
• Cutting the Frozen Section
• Variables Affecting the Cutting Properties of Tissues and the Resulting Artifacts
• Fixation, Staining and Coverslipping of Frozen Section Slides
• Microscopic Interpretation in the Frozen Section Setting
• Frozen Section Techniques Used in Mohs Micrographic Surgery
• Frozen Section Technique in the Animal Research Setting.