Biomaterial Database

Face-down cryoembedding of tissue specimens for Mohs micrographic surgery using stainless steel embedding wells. 2009

Jennifer L Pike, and Mark G Tusa, and Armando Lenis, and David F Butler

Department of Dermatology, Scott and White Memorial Hospital, College of Medicine, Texas A&M University Health Science Center, Temple, Texas, USA.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D003080	Cold Temperature	An absence of warmth or heat or a temperature notably below an accustomed norm.	Cold,Cold Temperatures,Temperature, Cold,Temperatures, Cold
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D012867	Skin	The outer covering of the body that protects it from the environment. It is composed of the DERMIS and the EPIDERMIS.
D012878	Skin Neoplasms	Tumors or cancer of the SKIN.	Cancer of Skin,Skin Cancer,Cancer of the Skin,Neoplasms, Skin,Cancer, Skin,Cancers, Skin,Neoplasm, Skin,Skin Cancers,Skin Neoplasm
D013048	Specimen Handling	Procedures for collecting, preserving, and transporting of specimens sufficiently stable to provide accurate and precise results suitable for clinical interpretation.	Specimen Collection,Collection, Specimen,Collections, Specimen,Handling, Specimen,Handlings, Specimen,Specimen Collections,Specimen Handlings
D015580	Mohs Surgery	A surgical technique used primarily in the treatment of skin neoplasms, especially basal cell or squamous cell carcinoma of the skin. This procedure is a microscopically controlled excision of cutaneous tumors either after fixation in vivo or after freezing the tissue. Serial examinations of fresh tissue specimens are most frequently done.	Micrographic Surgery, Mohs,Micrographic Surgery, Moh's,Micrographic Surgery, Mohs',Moh's Micrographic Surgery,Moh's Surgery,Mohs Micrographic Surgery,Surgery, Moh's Micrographic,Surgery, Mohs,Surgery, Mohs Micrographic,Surgery, Mohs',Micrographic Surgery, Moh,Moh Micrographic Surgery,Moh Surgery,Mohs' Micrographic Surgery,Mohs' Surgery,Surgery, Moh,Surgery, Moh Micrographic,Surgery, Moh's,Surgery, Mohs' Micrographic
D016610	Tissue Embedding	The technique of placing cells or tissue in a supporting medium so that thin sections can be cut using a microtome. The medium can be paraffin wax (PARAFFIN EMBEDDING) or plastics (PLASTIC EMBEDDING) such as epoxy resins.	Embedding, Tissue
D062109	Dermatologic Surgical Procedures	Operative procedures performed on the SKIN.	Cutaneous Surgery,Cutaneous Surgical Procedures,Dermatologic Surgery,Skin Surgery,Cutaneous Surgeries,Cutaneous Surgical Procedure,Dermatologic Surgeries,Dermatologic Surgical Procedure,Procedure, Cutaneous Surgical,Procedure, Dermatologic Surgical,Procedures, Cutaneous Surgical,Procedures, Dermatologic Surgical,Skin Surgeries,Surgeries, Cutaneous,Surgeries, Dermatologic,Surgeries, Skin,Surgery, Cutaneous,Surgery, Dermatologic,Surgery, Skin,Surgical Procedure, Cutaneous,Surgical Procedure, Dermatologic,Surgical Procedures, Cutaneous,Surgical Procedures, Dermatologic