Surgery for carcinoma of the cervix: frozen section examination of the external iliac nodes
Minier, A.; Durand, J.C.; Laurent, M.; Veith, F.; Pilleron, J.P.
La Nouvelle Presse Medicale 7(6): 435-437
1978
ISSN/ISBN: 0301-1518 PMID: 634780 Document Number: 134342
Since 1970, the authros have carried out colpohysterectomy with external iliac node dissection for carcinoma of the cervix at stages 1 and 2. The nodes were subjected to frozen section histological examination. In the presence of signs of invasion, primary iliac block dissection is carried out. Two hundrend and seventy cases have been treated in this way, with only 7 cases of error in the frozen section diagnosis (2,5%). There was 1 false positive, 4 false negatives and 2 doubtful cases with a suspicion of invasion. It is therefore suggested that frozen section histological examination of the external iliac nodes is possible and reliable.