title: Length measuring device for transrectal ultrasonography of anorectal lesions.
abstract: We, herein, describe an attachable measuring device for transrectal ultrasonography. It is a useful piece of equipment for measuring the precise length of a lesion and for fixing the position of the transducer under examination for sphincteric dynamics.
authors.affiliation: Second Department of Surgery, Hyogo College of Medicine, Nishinomiya, Japan.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yanagi
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kusunoki
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Shoji
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ohtaki
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yamamura
mesh_terms: D001005:Anus Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D012004:Rectal Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology*; D012007:Rectum; D014159:Transducers; D014463:Ultrasonography / Q000295:instrumentation*