title: [Sentinel lymph node biopsy in endometrial cancer--our experience].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The objective of the study was to determine the feasibility of a method described for the first time by Altgassen et al. of labeling sentinel lymph nodes in patients with endometrial cancer using blue dye.
  
  
  METHODS
  4 ml of blue dye was administreted in 12 patients with endometrial cancer subserosaly at eigth sites. After 10 min sentinel lymph nodes were harvested.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Detection rate was 91.6%., In only one patient there was no detection of sentinel lymph node and in one patient the sentinel lymph node was marked only in one hemipelvis.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This method for detection of sentinel lymph nodes in patients with endometrial cancer is promising, fast and easy to implement, but need to conduct additional studies to become part of the standard for the surgical treatment of endometrial cancer
authors: A
authors: A
authors: Jordanov
authors: N
authors: N
authors: Hinkova
authors: Ch
authors: Ch
authors: Tzvetkov
authors: D
authors: D
authors: Strateva
authors: G
authors: G
authors: Gorchev
authors: S
authors: S
authors: Tomov
authors: I
authors: I
authors: Ivanov
authors: S
authors: S
authors: Popovska
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004396:Coloring Agents; D016889:Endometrial Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D004717:Endometrium / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008198:Lymph Nodes / Q000473:pathology*; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D008875:Middle Aged; D021701:Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy / Q000379:methods*
chemical_list: D004396:Coloring Agents