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J Beynon1.
Abstract
The applications of rectal endosonography (ES) in the preoperative staging and follow-up of patients with rectal cancer have been investigated. Endosonography is an accurate method of staging local invasion (93%) preoperatively and is superior to digital examination (58%) and computed tomography (CT) (74%). In addition, ES can predict mesorectal lymph node involvement with an accuracy of 83% which compares favourably with CT (57%). Extrarectal, locally recurrent cancer can be detected using ES and established recurrence assessed more objectively.Entities:
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Year: 1989 PMID: 2650604 PMCID: PMC2498911
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Ann R Coll Surg Engl ISSN: 0035-8843 Impact factor: 1.891