Diagnostic value of intraoperative ultrasonography to assess para-aortic lymph nodes in women with ovarian and uterine corpus malignancy

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 91-96

  Ryo, E ^a  

^a TEIKYO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Endometrial carcinoma; Intraoperative ultrasonography; Ovarian carcinoma; Para aortic lymph node; Para aortic lymphadenectomy

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CONTRAST MEDIUM; IOHEXOL; IOVERSOL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENDOMETRIUM CARCINOMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHADENECTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OVARY CARCINOMA; PALPATION; PARAAORTIC LYMPH NODE; PEROPERATIVE ECHOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UTERUS SARCOMA;

FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MIDDLE AGED; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; UTERINE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 54849422849     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: 14690705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.5366     Document Type: Article

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