The Impact of Intraoperative Frozen Section on Resection Margin Status and Survival of Patients Underwent Pancreatoduodenectomy for Distal Cholangiocarcinoma

BackgroundIntraoperative frozen section (FS) is broadly used during pancreaticoduodenectomy (PD) to ensure a negative margin status, but its survival benefits on obtaining a secondary R0 resection for distal cholangiocarcinoma (dCCA) is controversial and unclear.MethodsClinical data of 107 patients...

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Main Authors: Zhiqiang Chen, Bingran Yu, Jiaping Bai, Qiong Li, Bowen Xu, Zhaoru Dong, Xuting Zhi, Tao Li
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-05-01
Series:Frontiers in Oncology
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fonc.2021.650585/full