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Table 2 Positive proximal margin rates for specimens with 0.5 cm and 1 cm resection margins

From: Correlating pre-operative MRI measurements of metatarsal Osteomyelitis with surgical clean margins reveals the need for a one centimeter resection margin

 

No. of specimens

Negative Margin

Positive Margin

+ Margin Rate

0.5 cm resection margin

10 (specimens with FP = 0)

5

5

50.0%

1 cm resection margin

14–3(specimens with FP) = 11

10

1

9.0%