Intraoperative Ex Vivo High-Resolution Sonography A Novel Technique for the Assessment of Myometrial Invasion in Endometrial Cancer


BAŞARAN D., SALMAN M. C., BOYRAZ G., AKATA D., Ozmen M., USUBÜTÜN A., ...More

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF GYNECOLOGICAL CANCER, vol.25, no.9, pp.1639-1644, 2015 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 25 Issue: 9
  • Publication Date: 2015
  • Doi Number: 10.1097/igc.0000000000000531
  • Journal Name: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF GYNECOLOGICAL CANCER
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.1639-1644
  • Keywords: Endometrial cancer, Myometrial invasion, Ultrasonography, Frozen section, PREOPERATIVE ASSESSMENT, FROZEN-SECTION, CORPUS CANCER, LYMPHADENECTOMY, CARCINOMA, GRADE
  • Hacettepe University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Objective This study aims to assess the diagnostic performance of a novel intraoperative ex vivo ultrasonography technique in determining deep myometrial invasion (MI) in patients with apparently low-risk endometrial cancer (EC).