Value‐Based Analysis of Septoplasty and Turbinate Specimens

Autor: Jaemi Chu, James J. Daniero, Edmund A. Pribitkin
Rok vydání: 2012
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Zdroj: Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery. 147
ISSN: 1097-6817
0194-5998
DOI: 10.1177/0194599812451438a7
Popis: Objective: 1) Determine the frequency and clinical relevance of unanticipated histopathologic results in routine sinonasal surgery. 2) Evaluate the necessity for histopathologic processing of septal cartilage, bone, and inferior turbinate specimens during routine sinonasal surgery.Method: A retrospective review of histopathologic reports on all adult patients undergoing sinonasal surgery at a tertiary care hospital during a 5-year period from 2005 to 2010 was performed. All cases with the preoperative diagnosis of sinonasal neoplasia, autoimmune disease, or directed septal biopsies were excluded from review.Results: A total of 1198 pathology reports were reviewed from 1175 individual patients. This included histopathologic evaluation of 1194 septal cartilage and bone specimens and 715 inferior turbinate specimens. None of the patients had an unanticipated histopathology finding other than squamous metaplasia and inflammation.Conclusion: Many surgeons obtain histopathologic diagnoses on all tissue removed ...
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