Open AccessClinical significance of CT-defined minimal ascites in patients with gastric cancer
Author(s) -
Dong Kyung Chang
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
world journal of gastroenterology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.427
H-Index - 155
eISSN - 2219-2840
pISSN - 1007-9327
DOI - 10.3748/wjg.v11.i42.6587
Subject(s) - ascites , medicine , univariate analysis , lymph node , cancer , clinical significance , peritoneal carcinomatosis , radiology , gastroenterology , multivariate analysis , colorectal cancer
To study the clinical significance of minimal ascites, which was only defined by the CT and whose nature was not determined preoperatively, in the relationship with the peritoneal carcinomatosis.