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AmpathChat #42 - Frozen Section - An Invaluable Tool For Intra-Operative Surgical Consultation

Infectious Diseases

Feb 28, 2017 | Infectious Diseases

Dr Jackie Chokoe- Maluleke

The frozen section technique has evolved and has improved immensely from 1818, when Dutch anatomist Pieter de Reimer utilised cold brine (salt water) to harden tissues, until 1895, when Thomas Cullen, MD, published the first written frozen section technique from Johns Hopkins.

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