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2013447

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
1991-5-10
pubmed:abstractText
Consistent with universally established practice, it has been customary in our unit to subject patients with clinically suspected or biopsy proven ovarian cancer to a large number of preoperative investigations. This is in order to determine metastases, surgical strategy, and exclusion of pelvic kidney. This study presents a comparison of the preoperative ultrasonography, computerized tomography, intravenous pyelography, chest X-ray, liver and bone scintigraphy, and barium enema results performed in 100 cases with the operative findings. These investigations were found to have marginal value in determining extent of disease, upper gastrointestinal metastatic deposits, and the need for or extent of bowel resection. It is concluded that such a standard workup, which is time-consuming and distressing for an already anxious patient, is not cost effective for a surgical procedure which is ultimately determined at laparotomy.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
0090-8258
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
40
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
244-7
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1991
pubmed:articleTitle
Evaluation of preoperative investigations in patients admitted for ovarian primary cytoreductive surgery.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of the Witwatersrand Medical School, Johannesburg, South Africa.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article