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

Ugurlu O., Adsan O., Tul M., KOŞAN T. M., Inal G., Cetinkaya M.

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF UROLOGY, vol.13, no.6, pp.699-702, 2006 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 13 Issue: 6
  • Publication Date: 2006
  • Doi Number: 10.1111/j.1442-2042.2006.01388.x
  • Journal Name: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF UROLOGY
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.699-702
  • Keywords: bladder neoplasm, cystectomy, frozen section, lymph node dissection, RADICAL CYSTECTOMY, GASTRIC-CANCER, BREAST-CANCER, CARCINOMA, METASTASIS, DISSECTION, PROGNOSIS, RISK
  • Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University Affiliated: No

Abstract

Aim: We examined the reliability of classical lymph node evaluation methods. We compared the results of preoperative computed tomography (CT) and perioperative frozen section examination of lymph nodes in patients on whom radical cystectomy was performed because of invasive bladder tumors.