Publications by authors named "Kurt C Giede"
Occult Leiomyosarcomas in a Canadian Province: A Retrospective Cohort Study.
J Obstet Gynaecol Can
January 2019
Objective: The risk of unexpected uterine leiomyosarcoma (LMS) following surgery for presumed benign leiomyoma is quoted to be between 1 in 498 and 1 in 5000. The objectives of the present study were to determine the prevalence of uterine LMS in a specific patient population and the rate of diagnosis of occult uterine LMS and to evaluate the risk of unintended morcellation of LMS in Saskatchewan.
Methods: This study was a Canadian Task Force Classification II-2 multicentre retrospective cohort study in academic-affiliated tertiary care centres.
Objectives: Our objectives were (1) to review the rate of concurrent endometrial cancer in patients with a preoperative diagnosis of atypical endometrial hyperplasia (AEH); (2) to determine the proportion of patients with concurrent endometrial cancer who have high-risk disease; and (3) to re-evaluate our surgical management of AEH.
Methods: We performed a retrospective chart review of all patients who had surgery on the basis of a preoperative diagnosis of atypical endometrial hyperplasia between January 2001 and December 2006. Demographic data, the method of preoperative diagnosis, postoperative grade of tumour, and other postoperative findings were recorded.
Objective: To evaluate the relationship between surgical specialty and survival in patients receiving initial surgical management for ovarian epithelial cancer.
Study Methods: An analytic framework was constructed to address the principle question 'does the type of surgeon operating on patients with newly diagnosed ovarian epithelial cancer influence survival?' A literature search addressing the components of this analytic framework was carried out using the Cochrane Library, Medline, EMBASE, and HealthSTAR databases. Relevant articles were selected and graded using U.