Surgeons’ experience in breast conserving surgery: does it influence surgical margin?

• Main Authors: Shahrun Niza Abdullah Suhaimi, Ussof Eskaandar MH, Nani Harlina Md. Latar, Razrim R, Rohaizak Muhammad
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Faculty of Medicine, UKM Medical Centre 2016
• Online Access: http://journalarticle.ukm.my/9831/1/5._Shahrun_et_al..pdf; http://journalarticle.ukm.my/9831/; http://jsurgacad.com/toc/6/1
• Institution: Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia

A surgeon’s experience plays an important role in breast conserving surgery (BCS). The common conception is that, the more junior is the operating surgeon, the surgical margin will be wider or closer to the tumour edge. Thus the aim of this study is to look into the adequacy of surgical margin perfo...