title: Tissue imprint for intra-operative evaluation of musculoskeletal tumors.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To evaluate the usefulness of an intra-operative tissue imprint as a role to provide a provisional diagnosis in patients with musculoskeletal tumors.
  
  
  METHODS
  118 patients underwent surgical treatment for musculoskeletal tumors. Tissue imprints from suspected tissues were conducted in all of the patients and the results were compared with the final permanent section.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The usefulness of the imprint slides (i.e., the diagnostic yield) was 88.14%. The respective, overall sensitivity, specificity, accuracy, positive and negative predictive value was 93.75%, 100%, 96.15%, 100% and 90.90%.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Tissue imprinting is a useful method for intra-operative evaluation of adequacy and provides a provisional diagnosis of the musculoskeletal tumors lesions.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedics, Faculty of Medicine, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, Thailand. tawwis@kku.ac.th
authors.forename: Taweechok
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Wisanuyotin
authors.forename: Jumpol
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Mitchai
authors.forename: Winai
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Sirichativapee
authors.forename: Weerachai
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Kosuwon
authors.forename: Chat
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Sumnanoont
authors.forename: Polasak
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Jeeravipoolvarn
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003581:Cytodiagnosis; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005121:Extremities; D005629:Frozen Sections; D006801:Humans; D007432:Intraoperative Period; D008875:Middle Aged; D019042:Muscle Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D012983:Soft Tissue Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D055815:Young Adult