title: Frozen section in gynaecology: uses and limitations.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Frozen sections are a valuable resource when utilised properly. This review aims to raise awareness of the strengths and limitations of its use in gynaecological surgery.
  
  
  METHODS
  This is a review of literature combined with experience and survey of the practice in the United Kingdom.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Frozen sections are a valuable adjunct to diagnosis and management in gynaecological surgery, when requested appropriately, handled by a pathologist who is aware of the clinicopathologic setting and accepted by a surgeon who is acquainted with the limitations of the procedure.
authors.affiliation: Department of Histopathology, Centre for Pathology, Imperial College-Hammersmith Hospital, DuCane Road, London, W12 0NN, UK.
authors.forename: Mona
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: El-Bahrawy
authors.forename: Raji
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ganesan
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D059247:Fertility Preservation; D005629:Frozen Sections; D005833:Genital Neoplasms, Female / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007430:Intraoperative Care; D007889:Leiomyoma / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D008197:Lymph Node Excision; D008198:Lymph Nodes / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis / Q000473:pathology; D009373:Neoplasms, Germ Cell and Embryonal / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D009375:Neoplasms, Glandular and Epithelial / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D010145:Paget Disease, Extramammary / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D010386:Pelvic Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D011247:Pregnancy; D011271:Pregnancy, Ectopic / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery