Intraoperative Gross Examination and Intraoperative Frozen Section in Patients with Endometrial Cancer for Detecting Deep Myometrial Invasion: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

International Journal of Gynecological Cancer

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 407-415

  Alcazar, Juan Luis ^a   Dominguez Piriz, Jaime ^b   Juez, Leire ^a   Caparros, Maria ^a   Jurado, Matias ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY CLINIC OF NAVARRA   (Spain)

^b Complejo Hospitalario Universitario ^*  (Spain)

Author keywords

Intraoperative frozen section; Intraoperative gross evaluation; Meta analysis; Myometrial invasion; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENDOMETRIUM CANCER; ENDOMETRIUM CARCINOMA; ENDOMETRIUM HYPERPLASIA; FEMALE; FROZEN SECTION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRAOPERATIVE FROZEN SECTION; INTRAOPERATIVE GROSS EVALUATION; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; META ANALYSIS; MYOMETRIUM; MYOMETRIUM INVASION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TUMOR INVASION; ENDOMETRIUM TUMOR; PATHOLOGY; PEROPERATIVE CARE;

ENDOMETRIAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; FROZEN SECTIONS; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE CARE; MYOMETRIUM;

EID: 84957541725     PISSN: 1048891X     EISSN: 15251438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/IGC.0000000000000618     Document Type: Article

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