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      <JournalTitle>Journal of Medical and Surgical Research</JournalTitle>
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      <Volume-Issue>Vol. X, n 2</Volume-Issue>
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      <IssueTopic>Multidisciplinary</IssueTopic>
      <IssueLanguage>English</IssueLanguage>
      <Season>December 2023</Season>
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        <Year>-0001</Year>
        <Month>11</Month>
        <Day>30</Day>
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      <ArticleType>JMSR Pathology</ArticleType>
      <ArticleTitle>Pre-analytical Performance in Surgical Pathology: Improvement of the Fixation Technique at Ibn Rochd University Hospital of Casablanca Morocco.</ArticleTitle>
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      <ArticleLanguage>English</ArticleLanguage>
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      <FirstPage>1255</FirstPage>
      <LastPage>1266</LastPage>
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          <LastName>Anibat</LastName>
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          <FirstName> M.</FirstName>
          <LastName>Belcaid</LastName>
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          <CorrespondingAuthor>Y</CorrespondingAuthor>
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          <FirstName> A</FirstName>
          <LastName>Mellouki</LastName>
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          <FirstName> O.</FirstName>
          <LastName>Aazzane</LastName>
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          <FirstName> A.</FirstName>
          <LastName>Rezzaki</LastName>
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          <FirstName> M.</FirstName>
          <LastName>Keballi</LastName>
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          <FirstName>L.</FirstName>
          <LastName>Zoubir</LastName>
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          <FirstName>N</FirstName>
          <LastName>Khlil</LastName>
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          <FirstName>M</FirstName>
          <LastName>Karkouri</LastName>
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      <Abstract>Background: Pathologists play a crucial role in the management of patients, especially in case of tumor diseases. In order to achieve these missions, adequate course of the pre-analytical phase with all its steps is critical. Fixation is a fundamental part of the pre-analytical process and it is used to protect tissue from decay, making the morphological analysis of tissue and cells possible.&#13;
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Objective: To improve the fixation process in a central Department of Pathology, serving 4 University hospitals, and to discuss the benefits and drawbacks of each protocol.&#13;
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Methods: We carried out a prospective study in the Department of Pathology of the Ibn-Rochd University Hospital, Casablanca, Morocco. We evaluated the quality of fixation by buffered formalin compared to unbuffered formalin on surgical breast specimens collected from the Oncology-gynecology Department over a period of 3 months. We evaluated slides reading and current recommendations.&#13;
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Results __ampersandsign Conclusions: A total of 145 specimens were examined and 5 pathologists participated in this study. Each case was analyzed by two pathologists. We summarized our results in the table 1, below.</Abstract>
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      <Keywords>: Preanalytic, Quality, Fixation Process, Buffered Formalin</Keywords>
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        <ReferenceslastPage>19</ReferenceslastPage>
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