title: Cryomold: a device for tissue embedding in Mohs micrographic surgery.
abstract: We describe the use of a cryomold as a technique for tissue embedding in Mohs Micrographic Surgery. This technique regularly affords many advantages over other methods of tissue embedding, such as: 1) regularly and expeditiously yields complete margins for microscopic review; 2) facilitates flattening of large, thick, and irregularly shaped specimens; and 3) avoids crush artifact and tissue distortion that may be seen with forcible compression.
authors.affiliation: Bowman Gray School of Medicine of Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, North Carolina.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Leshin
authors.forename: S R
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Cook
authors.forename: D W
authors.initials: DW
authors.lastname: Frye
mesh_terms: D015580:Mohs Surgery / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods