Publications by authors named "Federica Fici"
Diagnostics (Basel)
May 2023
Article Synopsis
- - The assessment of surgical margins in oral cavity squamous cell cancer is crucial for patient prognosis, with approximately 45% of cases showing involvement, prompting research into intraoperative imaging methods like MRI and intraoral ultrasound to enhance surgical outcomes.
- - A systematic review analyzed ten studies on these imaging techniques, revealing that intraoral ultrasound (ioUS) and MRI can predict surgical margin involvement with variable sensitivity and specificity, improving free margin resection by an average of 35%.
- - The review concludes that ioUS is a cost-effective alternative to ex vivo MRI for assessing surgical margins, particularly beneficial for early-stage OCSCC when combined with favorable histological findings.
