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Transrectal ultrasonography in preoperative staging of rectal cancer

Authors
 Nam Kyu Kim  ;  Jin Sub Choi  ;  Seung Kook Sohn  ;  Jin Sik Min 
Citation
 YONSEI MEDICAL JOURNAL, Vol.35(4) : 396-403, 1994-01 
Journal Title
YONSEI MEDICAL JOURNAL
ISSN
 0513-5796 
Issue Date
1994-01
MeSH
Adult ; Aged ; Female ; Humans ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Neoplasm Staging ; Predictive Value of Tests ; Rectal Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging* ; Rectal Neoplasms / pathology ; Sensitivity and Specificity ; Ultrasonography
Abstract
A precise knowledge of the depth of invasion of tumor is essential for the planning of treatment of rectal cancer. Transrectal ultrasonography is a new diagnostic modality that has become useful in determining the depth of invasion preoperatively and the presence or absence of metastatic lymph nodes. Transrectal ultrasonography was used in preoperative staging of 36 patients with rectal cancer. Thirty three patients had a radical resection (17 low anterior resection, 15 abdominoperineal resection and 1 pelvic exenteration), one patient had a local excision. Two among these thirty four patients had preoperative radiotherapy. Preoperative transrectal ultrasonographic staging was compared with pathologic findings. In staging depth of invasion, the overall accuracy was 88.8 percent, overstaged in 5.8 percent, understaged in 5.8 percent. Transrectal ultrasonography is the more accurate method than CT in staging of depth of tumor invasion (61.8% vs 88.8%). In staging of lymph nodes, the overall accuracy of transrectal ultrasonography was 85.3 percent, sensitivity was 71.7 percent and specificity was 88.8 percent. Transrectal ultrasonography is a safe, inexpensive and accurate staging method in the assessment of both depth of invasion and nodal status.
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DOI
10.3349/ymj.1994.35.4.396
Appears in Collections:
1. College of Medicine (의과대학) > Dept. of Surgery (외과학교실) > 1. Journal Papers
Yonsei Authors
Kim, Nam Kyu(김남규) ORCID logo https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0639-5632
URI
https://ir.ymlib.yonsei.ac.kr/handle/22282913/195135
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