Prsník zachovávajúca operácia – resekčný okraj // SOLEN

Slovenská chirurgia 4/2015

Breast conservation therapy – surgical margin

Patients receiving breast conservation therapy have a lifelong risk of local recurrence. To minimize this risk surgeons have explored various approaches to examining the surgical margins of the resection specimen. This review examines published reports about standard and innovative approaches to assessing surgical margins, the clinical significance of margin size, and risk factors of positive margins.

Keywords: surgical margin, breast conservation therapy, ipsilateral local recurrence, oncoplastic surgery