Sequential resection of malignant ureteral margins at radical cystectomy: A critical assessment of the value of frozen section analysis

World Journal of Urology

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 451-456

  Gakis, Georgios ^a   Schilling, David ^a   Perner, Sven ^b   Schwentner, Christian ^a   Sievert, Karl Dietrich ^a   Stenzl, Arnulf ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Accuracy; Frozen section analysis; Radical cystectomy; Risk factors; Tumor multifocality; Ureteral margin

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BLADDER TUMOR; CANCER INVASION; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FROZEN SECTION; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATHOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARD; STATISTICAL MODEL; TUMOR RECURRENCE; URETER;

AGED; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FROZEN SECTIONS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; URETER; URINARY BLADDER NEOPLASMS;

EID: 79960698996     PISSN: 07244983     EISSN: 14338726     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00345-010-0581-z     Document Type: Article

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