title: Intrarectal and intra-anal ultrasonography in the evaluation of colorectal pathology.
abstract: Recent advances in ultrasonography have improved significantly the accuracy and applicability of this technology to the management of anorectal pathology. Intrarectal ultrasonography has demonstrated a high degree of accuracy in the assessment of extent of local invasion of rectal carcinomas as well as the degree of regional lymph adenopathy. It also is capable of playing a significant role in the management of anorectal suppurative disorders by allowing identification of deep-seeded abscesses. This technology will play an expanding role in the management of anorectal disorders and should be in the armamentarium of the surgeon managing these problems.
authors.affiliation: Ferguson-Blodgett Digestive Disease Institute, Grand Rapids, Michigan.
authors.forename: A J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Senagore
mesh_terms: D003108:Colonic Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D012002:Rectal Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D014463:Ultrasonography / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods