Value of frozen sections of lymph nodes in pelvic lymphadenectomy in patients with invasive bladder tumor

International Journal of Urology

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 699-702

  Ugurlu, Ozgur ^a,b   Adsan, Oztug ^a   Tul, Mesut ^a   Kosan, Murat ^a   Inal, Gurdal ^a   Cetinkaya, Mesut ^a  

^a ANKARA TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^b NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Bladder neoplasm; Cystectomy; Frozen section; Lymph node dissection

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLADDER TUMOR; CANCER INVASION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CYSTECTOMY; EVALUATION RESEARCH; FEMALE; FROZEN SECTION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INTERNAL ILIAC LYMPH NODE; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBTURATOR NERVE; PELVIS LYMPH NODE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD;

CYSTECTOMY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; PELVIS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; URINARY BLADDER NEOPLASMS;

EID: 33745288171     PISSN: 09198172     EISSN: 14422042     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-2042.2006.01388.x     Document Type: Article

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