title: [Ultrasonic tomography in the diagnosis of recurrences of rectal cancer].
abstract: The results of ultrasonography in 616 patients after radical surgery of rectal carcinoma are committed. In the first group, patients with clinical symptoms of a recidive, the method detected a tumour in 146 (80.2%) of 182 patients. The error rate was 12.1%. In the second group, patients with unfavourable postoperative prognosis, ultrasound follow-up detected recidives previous to their clinical manifestation in 73 (16.8%) of 434 patients. The method turned out to be effective even for the detection of small (less than 3 cm) recurrences after rectal exstirpation. For intraintestinal recurrences after rectal resection ultrasonography can determine the degree of infiltration outside the organ. Real-time scans can prevent some of the errors that occur with compound scans.
authors.forename: S A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Balter
authors.forename: V I
authors.initials: VI
authors.lastname: Knys
authors.forename: E L
authors.initials: EL
authors.lastname: Oziganov
authors.forename: G T
authors.initials: GT
authors.lastname: Mironova
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Q000175:diagnosis*; D012004:Rectal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D014463:Ultrasonography
vernacular_title: Ultraschalltomographie in der Diagnostik von Rektumkarzinomrezidiven.