Open Access3D echoendoscopy and miniprobes for rectal cancer staging
Author(s) -
Fernando Castro-Poças,
Mário DinisRibeiro,
Anabela Rocha,
Tarcísio Araújo,
Isabel Pedroto
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
revista española de enfermedades digestivas
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.331
H-Index - 38
eISSN - 2340-4167
pISSN - 1130-0108
DOI - 10.17235/reed.2018.4453/2016
Subject(s) - medicine , endoscopic ultrasonography , ultrasonography , radiology , gold standard (test) , colorectal cancer , diagnostic accuracy , nuclear medicine , endoscopy , cancer
rectal cancer staging using rigid probes or echoendoscopes has some limitations. The aim of the study was to compare rectal cancer preoperative staging using conventional endoluminal ultrasonography with three-dimensional endoscopic ultrasonography and miniprobes.
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