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Melissa M Warne1, Matthew M Klawonn2, Robert T Brodell3,4
1Albany Medical College, Albany, NY, USA.
The British Journal of Dermatology
|July 5, 2022
Abstract:
It is often quoted that classic bread-loaf sectioning of excisional specimens assesses 0.5% of the margin, but careful mathematical analysis reveals that bread-loaf sectioning appraises far more than that and is an effective and economical means to check margins.
