[Current role of traditional endoscopy and prospects for virtual colonoscopy in the management of colorectal neoplastic lesions].
The Authors, reviewing their surgical experience with colo-rectal cancer in the last 13 years, conclude that, in the management of this condition, the routine use of traditional endoscopy will continue to have a crucial role in terms of prevention, cure and/or survival. It is possible that in the future present limits of endoscopic techniques will be seperated by routine use of endoscopic ultrasounds and virtual colonoscopy.
Lucci
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Dipartimento di Scienze Chirurgiche, Università degli Studi La Sapienza, Roma.
Rivolta
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R
Redler
A
A
Giordano
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R
Merlino
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G
Fazi
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M
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