Utility of frozen section analysis for fungal organisms in soft tissue wound debridement margin determination

Diagnostic Pathology

Table 1 Statistical measures of performance of frozen section analysis for margin assessment during wound debridement surgery

A.		Fungal organisms on FFPE
		yes	no
Fungal organisms on frozen section	positive	13	0	13
Fungal organisms on frozen section	negative	6	14	20
		19	14	33
B.		Fungal organisms on FFPE
		yes	no
Inflammation/ necrosis on frozen section	positive	19	8	27
Inflammation/ necrosis on frozen section	negative	0	6	6
		19	14	33

Criteria used to call a margin positive were presence of fungalorganisms (in A) or presence of inflammation/necrosis (in B). Presence of fungal organisms of permanent sections was used as gold standard in both cases

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