Operating room consultation by the pathologist.
Intraoperative consultation by the pathologist should ensure that adequate diagnostic tissue has been obtained, should facilitate the proper handling of tissue, and should provide accurate, prompt histopathologic diagnosis by frozen-section technique. This article discusses the pathologist's role in diseases of the urinary tract, male genital organs, adrenal gland and retroperitoneum.
D000311:Adrenal Glands / Q000473:pathology; D005837:Genitalia, Male / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D007432:Intraoperative Period; D007668:Kidney / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D010338:Pathology, Clinical; D011467:Prostate / Q000473:pathology; D012017:Referral and Consultation; D012186:Retroperitoneal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology; D013737:Testis / Q000473:pathology; D001743:Urinary Bladder / Q000473:pathology; D014570:Urologic Diseases / Q000473:pathology*