Results from Survey to Assess Current Trends in Surgical Practice in the Management of Women with Early Stage Cervical Cancer within the BGCS Community with an Emphasis on Routine Frozen Section Examination
Table 2
Questionnaire to British Gynaecological Cancer Society (BGCS) members.
Question
Response rate (%)
Q1
Do you routinely perform an intra-operative frozen section evaluation of all lymph nodes prior to proceeding to a radical hysterectomy ? (Y/N)
48.0 (96%)
Q2
Do you complete radical hysterectomy following positive frozen section examination? (Y/N/Do not do frozen section examination)
50.0 (100%)
Q3
Do you perform a two-stage procedure, i.e, lymphadenectomy first followed by radical hysterectomy at a later stage depending on the results? (Y/N)
48.0 (96%)
Q4
Do you always perform the hysterectomy without any prior surgical assessment of pelvic lymph nodes intra-operatively by frozen section or pre-operatively by a separate lymphadenectomy ? (Y/N)
45.0 (90%)
Q5
Does management become altered in all cases with positive lymph nodes on frozen section examination? (Y/N/Other)
48.0 (96%)
Q6
How do you assess para aortic lymph nodes?
40.0 (80%)
Q7
If you do not routinely perform frozen section examination of all lymph nodes, please explain why
