Reliability of frozen section examination of external iliac, hypogastric, and obturator lymph nodes during radical cystectomy: a multicenter study.


Adsan O., Baltaci S., Cal C., Buyukalpelli R., Ugurlu O., Bozlu M., ...Daha Fazla

Urology, cilt.69, sa.1, ss.83-6, 2007 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 69 Sayı: 1
  • Basım Tarihi: 2007
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1016/j.urology.2006.09.042
  • Dergi Adı: Urology
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.83-6
  • Ankara Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

OBJECTIVES To evaluate the accuracy of frozen section examination (FSE) for detecting lymph node (LN) metastasis in patients with bladder cancer undergoing radical cystectomy and pelvic LN dissection. To our knowledge, the accuracy of FSE to identify LN metastases in patients with bladder cancer is still undetermined.