What is the number of lymph nodes required for an "adequate" pelvic lymphadenectomy?

European Journal of Gynaecological Oncology

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 87-89

  Nijman, H W ^a,b   Khalifa, M ^a   Covens, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cervical carcinoma; Laparoscopy; Number of lymph nodes; Pelvic lymphadenectomy

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CANCER SURGERY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENDOMETRIUM CARCINOMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LAPAROSCOPY; LAPAROTOMY; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PELVIS LYMPH NODE; PELVIS LYMPHADENECTOMY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STUDENT T TEST; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA;

FEMALE; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPH NODES; MEDICAL RECORDS; NEOPLASM STAGING; ONTARIO; PELVIS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0842263671     PISSN: 03922936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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