TANG Jun - ying, et al. Clinical value of intraoperative evaluation of depth of myometrial invasion in stage I endometrial cancer. [J]. Journal of Chongqing Medical University (3):275-278(2001)
TANG Jun - ying, et al. Clinical value of intraoperative evaluation of depth of myometrial invasion in stage I endometrial cancer. [J]. Journal of Chongqing Medical University (3):275-278(2001) DOI: 10.13406/j.cnki.cyxb.2001.03.016.
Clinical value of intraoperative evaluation of depth of myometrial invasion in stage I endometrial cancer
Objective: To determine if depth of myometrial invasion in patients with endometrial cancer esti- mated by gross visual examination accurately identified the microscopic myometrial invasion. Methods : Compar- ing depth of myometrial invasion by intraoperative gross estimation with final histologic depth of invasion. Re- sults : Of the 119 evaluable patients with stage I endometrial cancer
the depth of invasion was accurately deter- mined by gross estimation in 89. 1% (106/119)of cases. The sensitivity
specificity
and positive and negative predictive values of depth of myometrial invasion more than 1 /2 intraoperative gross estimation were 84.6 %
90.3%
70.9%
and 95. 5% .respectively. Conclusion : Intraoperative gross estimation of myometrial invasion is a reliable
inexpensive and fast method for evaluating the invasiveness of endometrial cancer
and can be used to assist the surgeon in selecting patients at increased risk for pelvic and para - aortic metastases.