title: [Value of sonography in the preoperative staging of stomach cancer].
abstract: In 51 patients with histologically proven gastric carcinoma ultrasonography of the abdomen for the preoperative staging was performed. The primary tumor was found by sonography in 73% of the cases. Only 40% of the lymph-node metastases could be detected. Ultrasonography as a non-invasive procedure is an usefull examination for the preoperative diagnosis of gastric carcinoma, especially concerning extraluminal tumor extension. Explorative laparotomy, however, for the determination of the local resectability can not be avoided by ultrasonography.
authors.affiliation: Abt. Diagnostische Radiologie 1, Medizinische Hochschule Hannover.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Milbradt
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Jähne
authors.forename: H J
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Meyer
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Galanski
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009367:Neoplasm Staging / Q000379:methods*; D011300:Preoperative Care; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D014463:Ultrasonography
vernacular_title: Die Bedeutung der Sonographie beim präoperativen Staging des Magenkarzinoms.