Winter, Lina and Mendelsohn, Daniel H. and Walter, Nike and Popp, Daniel and Geis, Sebastian and Niedermair, Tanja and Mamilos, Andreas and Gessner, Andre and Salzberger, Bernd and Pfister, Karin and Stroszczynski, Christian and Alt, Volker and Rupp, Markus and Brochhausen, Christoph (2024) Multidisciplinary Teams in Musculoskeletal Infection - From a Pathologist's Perspective. PATHOLOGY RESEARCH AND PRACTICE, 262: 155539. ISSN 0344-0338, 1618-0631
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Multidisciplinary team (MDT) meetings have emerged as a promising approach for the treatment of cancer patients. These meetings involve a team of healthcare professionals from different disciplines working together to develop a holistic, patient-centered treatment. Although MDT meetings are well established in oncology, they play a minor role in other diseases. Recent evidence suggests that the implementation of MDT meetings can improve patient outcomes in musculoskeletal infections. The aim of this retrospective, observational study was to present the agenda of our multidisciplinary limb board including live microscopy with a special focus on the pathologist's role. The descriptive analysis of the limb board included 66 cases receiving live microscopy at the meeting and a total of 124 histopathological findings and 181 stainings. We could elucidate that pathologists seem to play an important role especially in clarifying the correct diagnosis. In 80.3 % of the findings, the pathologist specified the clinical diagnosis of the requesting physician leading to a consensus-based treatment plan for each patient. The implementation of MDT meetings including live microscopy in patients with musculoskeletal infections holds potential benefits, such as improved communication, scientific collaboration, and raising clinicians' awareness and understanding of histopathology findings. However, potential challenges, such as organizational effort and technical prerequisites should be considered.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | TUMOR BOARDS; CARE; CANCER; STRATEGIES; BONE; Multidisciplinary team meeting; Interdisciplinarity; Musculoskeletal infection; Digital pathology; Live microscopy; Histopathology; Whole slide imaging |
| Subjects: | 500 Science > 570 Life sciences |
| Divisions: | Medicine > Lehrstuhl für Unfallchirurgie Medicine > Abteilung für Gefäßchirurgie Medicine > Lehrstuhl für Pathologie Medicine > Lehrstuhl für Röntgendiagnostik Medicine > Zentren des Universitätsklinikums Regensburg > Zentrum für Plastische-, Hand- und Wiederherstellungschirurgie Biology, Preclinical Medicine > Institut für Biochemie, Genetik und Mikrobiologie > Lehrstuhl für Mikrobiologie (Archaeenzentrum) |
| Depositing User: | Dr. Gernot Deinzer |
| Date Deposited: | 17 Jul 2025 06:53 |
| Last Modified: | 17 Jul 2025 06:53 |
| URI: | https://pred.uni-regensburg.de/id/eprint/63530 |
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