title: [Endoluminal sonography--preoperative staging of rectal cancer].
abstract: The endoluminal sonography is a new investigation in staging rectal cancer. In a prospective series the value of the endoluminal sonography is compared with clinical staging and computed tomography. The accuracy in clinical staging, computed tomography and endoluminal sonography was 77%, 76% and 87%, respectively. The reasons for under- and overstaging and the interpretation of perirectal lymph nodes are discussed. The endoluminal sonography is an important new method evaluating the operative procedure of cancers in the lower rectum.
authors.affiliation: Chirurgische Abteilung, St. Claraspital Basel.
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Herzog
authors.forename: H P
authors.initials: HP
authors.lastname: Spichtin
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Boss
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Tondelli
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D020700:Proctoscopes; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012004:Rectal Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D012007:Rectum / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D014463:Ultrasonography / Q000295:instrumentation*
vernacular_title: Endoluminale Sonographie--präoperatives Staging beim Rektumkarzinom.