Biomedical subjects
Publications and source records attributed to P M Glen.
Surgical technique in performing breast biopsy has been implicated as having deleterious effects on the heat-labile estrogen and progesterone receptors found in many breast carcinomas. This study analyzed the effect of the use of electrocautery dissection on the outcome of the hormone receptor assay. No difference was found between specimens excised using electrocautery and those excised using scalpel and scissor dissection.
A neonate is reported with the meconium cyst form of meconium peritonitis secondary to appendiceal perforation, which occurred prior to birth.
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Intraoperative real-time ultrasonography can be a valuable tool for a surgeon. In a patient with hepatic abscesses, intraoperative ultrasonography assisted in the localization of an abscess cavity situated deep in the parenchyma of an enlarged liver, allowing surgical drainage.
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