Reliability of frozen section examination of obturator lymph nodes and impact on lymph node dissection borders during radical cystectomy: Results of a prospective multicentre study by the Turkish Society of Urooncology

BJU International

Volumn 107, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 547-553

  Baltaci, Sumer ^a   Adsan, Oztug ^a   Ugurlu, Ozgur ^a   Aslan, Guven ^a   Can, Cavit ^a   Gunaydin, Gurhan ^a   Buyukalpelli, Recep ^a   Elhan, Atilla Halil ^a   Beduk, Yasar ^a  

^a ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

bladder neoplasms; cystectomy; frozen sections; lymphadenectomy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLADDER CANCER; CANCER STAGING; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CYSTECTOMY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; FROZEN SECTION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RELIABILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TISSUE PREPARATION; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 79551511534     PISSN: 14644096     EISSN: 1464410X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-410X.2010.09504.x     Document Type: Article

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