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Oral biopsy turnaround time: 20-year experience of the Department of Oral Pathology, Oral Medicine and Periodontology, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Malaya

The turnaround time (TAT) for oral biopsies received for histological examination by the Department of Oral Pathology, Oral Medicine and Periodontology, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Malaya, for the years 1978, 1988 and 1998 was evaluated. For the three years studied, TATs for 61, 233 and 463...

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Main Authors: Siar, Chong Huat, Tan, Bee Hong
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Published: Nihon University School of Dentistry 2000
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https://doi.org/10.2334/josnusd.42.205
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spelling my.um.eprints.258712021-04-12T03:40:49Z http://eprints.um.edu.my/25871/ Oral biopsy turnaround time: 20-year experience of the Department of Oral Pathology, Oral Medicine and Periodontology, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Malaya Siar, Chong Huat Tan, Bee Hong RK Dentistry The turnaround time (TAT) for oral biopsies received for histological examination by the Department of Oral Pathology, Oral Medicine and Periodontology, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Malaya, for the years 1978, 1988 and 1998 was evaluated. For the three years studied, TATs for 61, 233 and 463 specimens were retrospectively analysed. Testing intervals, that is, from the dates the surgeons procured the specimens, the laboratories accessioned them and until the pathologists signed off the diagnoses, were used to calculate TAT. The performance level of the respective pathologists, the growth of tissue diagnostic services and the possible variables that influence TAT were also evaluated. As prompt diagnosis means prompt treatment, which in turn has a bearing on prognosis, the TAT pertinent to oral malignant tumors was emphasized. The mean TAT, its mode and median fell significantly in 1998 compared with the previous 2 years; it was lower for soft tissue than for hard tissue specimens, and lower for malignant, than for non-malignant specimens. The progression of tissue diagnostic services is up to a satisfactory level, as 88.89 % of biopsies could render diagnoses within a fair period of time in 1998. Nihon University School of Dentistry 2000 Article PeerReviewed Siar, Chong Huat and Tan, Bee Hong (2000) Oral biopsy turnaround time: 20-year experience of the Department of Oral Pathology, Oral Medicine and Periodontology, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Malaya. Journal of Oral Science, 42 (4). pp. 205-210. ISSN 1343-4934 https://doi.org/10.2334/josnusd.42.205 doi:10.2334/josnusd.42.205
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Siar, Chong Huat
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Oral biopsy turnaround time: 20-year experience of the Department of Oral Pathology, Oral Medicine and Periodontology, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Malaya
description The turnaround time (TAT) for oral biopsies received for histological examination by the Department of Oral Pathology, Oral Medicine and Periodontology, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Malaya, for the years 1978, 1988 and 1998 was evaluated. For the three years studied, TATs for 61, 233 and 463 specimens were retrospectively analysed. Testing intervals, that is, from the dates the surgeons procured the specimens, the laboratories accessioned them and until the pathologists signed off the diagnoses, were used to calculate TAT. The performance level of the respective pathologists, the growth of tissue diagnostic services and the possible variables that influence TAT were also evaluated. As prompt diagnosis means prompt treatment, which in turn has a bearing on prognosis, the TAT pertinent to oral malignant tumors was emphasized. The mean TAT, its mode and median fell significantly in 1998 compared with the previous 2 years; it was lower for soft tissue than for hard tissue specimens, and lower for malignant, than for non-malignant specimens. The progression of tissue diagnostic services is up to a satisfactory level, as 88.89 % of biopsies could render diagnoses within a fair period of time in 1998.
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author Siar, Chong Huat
Tan, Bee Hong
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Tan, Bee Hong
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title Oral biopsy turnaround time: 20-year experience of the Department of Oral Pathology, Oral Medicine and Periodontology, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Malaya
title_short Oral biopsy turnaround time: 20-year experience of the Department of Oral Pathology, Oral Medicine and Periodontology, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Malaya
title_full Oral biopsy turnaround time: 20-year experience of the Department of Oral Pathology, Oral Medicine and Periodontology, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Malaya
title_fullStr Oral biopsy turnaround time: 20-year experience of the Department of Oral Pathology, Oral Medicine and Periodontology, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Malaya
title_full_unstemmed Oral biopsy turnaround time: 20-year experience of the Department of Oral Pathology, Oral Medicine and Periodontology, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Malaya
title_sort oral biopsy turnaround time: 20-year experience of the department of oral pathology, oral medicine and periodontology, faculty of dentistry, university of malaya
publisher Nihon University School of Dentistry
publishDate 2000
url http://eprints.um.edu.my/25871/
https://doi.org/10.2334/josnusd.42.205
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