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Technical Note

A Technical Tip for Maintaining the Orientation of Circular Resection Specimens

by
James David Bedford
* and
Syed Haroon Ali Shah
Department of Plastic Surgery and Burns, Royal Preston Hospital, Sharoe Green Lane, Fulwood, Preston PR2 9HT, UK
*
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Surg. Tech. Dev. 2012, 2(1), e8; https://doi.org/10.4081/std.2012.e8
Submission received: 27 September 2011 / Revised: 1 February 2012 / Accepted: 3 February 2012 / Published: 10 February 2012

Abstract

In the excision of potentially malignant skin lesions, it is a surgeon’s duty to assist the pathologist in correctly orientating the specimen submitted for histological examination. The use of marker sutures by surgeons to indicate the orientation of resection specimens is commonplace, but we realized that the excision of a small, circular lesion with a neat, circular excision margin can be the undoing of even the most attentive surgeon, if the correct orientation is lost before the marker is placed. We present a simple extra step that a surgeon can take to ensure that his or her specimen’s orientation is preserved.
Keywords: skin neoplasms; diagnostic techniques; surgical skin neoplasms; diagnostic techniques; surgical

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Bedford, J.D.; Shah, S.H.A. A Technical Tip for Maintaining the Orientation of Circular Resection Specimens. Surg. Tech. Dev. 2012, 2, e8. https://doi.org/10.4081/std.2012.e8

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Bedford JD, Shah SHA. A Technical Tip for Maintaining the Orientation of Circular Resection Specimens. Surgical Techniques Development. 2012; 2(1):e8. https://doi.org/10.4081/std.2012.e8

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Bedford, James David, and Syed Haroon Ali Shah. 2012. "A Technical Tip for Maintaining the Orientation of Circular Resection Specimens" Surgical Techniques Development 2, no. 1: e8. https://doi.org/10.4081/std.2012.e8

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Bedford, J. D., & Shah, S. H. A. (2012). A Technical Tip for Maintaining the Orientation of Circular Resection Specimens. Surgical Techniques Development, 2(1), e8. https://doi.org/10.4081/std.2012.e8

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