The Value of Intraoperative Frozen Section Analysis for Margin Status in Breast Conservation Surgery in a Nontertiary Institution

Table 4

A summary comparison of published data.

Author	Findings on reexcision rate (BCT) using IFSA for margins	Other relevant findings/comments
Fukamachi et al. [6]	Reduction of margin positive rates from 27% to 9.8%
Esbona et al. [9]	Reexcision rates decreased from 27% to 6%	Systematic review
Jorns et al. [10]	Reexcision rates decreased from 48.6% to 14.9%	Reoperation rates decreased from 55.3% to 19.3% for BCT rates of 63% [14]
Current study	0%; No reexcision rates for margins with IFSA	Reoperation rates for axillary node positivity 0.8% for BCT rates 85.7%