title: An apparatus to retain the spatial orientation of breast biopsies.
abstract: An apparatus has been designed to retain the spatial orientation of breast biopsies throughout surgery, transport and processing in the pathology laboratory. It does not interfere with regular surgical procedures and simplifies the surgeon's task of marking the orientation of a specimen. As the use of the apparatus does not involve either chemical or physical substances it is an appropriate handling procedure for those specimens requiring sensitive testing procedures such as cell culture.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Royal Jubilee Hospital, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: van Netten
authors.forename: R L
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Racca
authors.forename: J B
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Armstrong
authors.forename: M L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Brigden
authors.forename: A R
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Sellers
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Coy
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Fletcher
authors.forename: I G
authors.initials: IG
authors.lastname: Thornton
mesh_terms: D001706:Biopsy / Q000295:instrumentation*; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D013048:Specimen Handling / Q000295:instrumentation