Positive surgical margins at radical prostatectomy: importance of intra-operative bladder neck frozen sections

Positive surgical margins at radical prostatectomy: importance of intra-operative bladder neck frozen sections

OBJECTIVE: To determine if intraoperative frozen sections of the bladder neck during radical prostatectomy (RP) could decrease the incidence of final positive surgical margins at the bladder neck. MATERIALS AND METHODS: This prospective cohort study included 51 consecutive men who underwent anatomic...

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Main Authors: Kogenta Nakamura, Ali Kasraeian, Satoshi Anai, John Pendleton, Charles J. Rosser
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Urologia 2007-12-01
Series:International Brazilian Journal of Urology
Subjects:
prostate cancer
prostatectomy
bladder neck
frozen sections
surgical margins
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