title: [Staging laparoscopy].
abstract: The so-called extended diagnostic laparoscopy (EDL) facilitates the comprehensive exploration of the abdominal cavity, thus improving the precision of the pretherapeutic tumor staging in gastrointestinal malignancies. EDL comprises visual inspection with a specific preparation of all relevant sites, laparoscopic sonography and retrieval of samples for biopsy and cytology. Additional relevant therapeutic information was obtained through EDL in 40.5% of gastric cancer patients. EDL could be of similar importance for diagnosing esophageal, hepatobiliary and pancreatic malignancies.
authors.affiliation: Chirurgische Klinik und Poliklinik, Technischen Universität München.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Feussner
authors.forename: S J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Kraemer
authors.forename: J R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Siewert
mesh_terms: D001706:Biopsy / Q000295:instrumentation*; D004064:Digestive System / Q000473:pathology; D004067:Digestive System Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D020706:Laparoscopes; D009367:Neoplasm Staging