title: [Value of transabdominal ultrasonography in preoperative assessment of gastric carcinoma].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To investigate the value of transabdominal ultrasonography (TAUS) in preoperative assessment of TNM stage and tumor angiogenesis for patients with gastric carcinoma.
  
  
  METHODS
  Sixty- four patients with gastric carcinoma preoperatively underwent TAUS, in whom transabdominal color Doppler ultrasonography was used for measuring color Doppler vascularity index (CDVI) of each tumor in 37 cases and microvessel density (MVD) was evaluated by using immunohistochemical staining of surgical specimens with anti- CD34 antibody.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The overall accuracy rate was 56.0% for T staging of gastric carcinoma (T (1) 2/3 cases, T (2) 28.6% , T (3) 73.1% , T (4) 50.0% , respectively) by TAUS. The diagnostic accuracy rate was 63.3% for lymph node status of gastric carcinoma. The diagnostic sensitivity and specificity for lymph node metastasis was 37.9% and 100% respectively. The overall accuracy for N staging of gastric carcinoma was 57.1% (N (0) 100% , N (1) 16.7% , N (2) 35.3% , respectively). The diagnostic sensitivity and specificity for determining distant metastases was 58.3% and 100% respectively. The CDVI of gastric carcinoma determined by color Doppler ultrasonography was significantly correlated to vascular invasion (P=0.0418), a linear correlation between CDVI and MVD was determined by logistic regression analysis (r=0.5628, P< 0.01).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  TAUS can be a routine diagnostic approach for preoperative gastric carcinoma patients.
authors.affiliation: Department of General Surgery, Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Second Medical University, Shanghai Institute of Digestive Surgery, Shanghai 200025, China.
authors.forename: Chao
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Yan
authors.forename: Zheng-gang
authors.initials: ZG
authors.lastname: Zhu
authors.forename: Wei-wei
authors.initials: WW
authors.lastname: Zhan
authors.forename: Min
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yan
authors.forename: Ying-yan
authors.initials: YY
authors.lastname: Yu
authors.forename: Bing-ya
authors.initials: BY
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Hao-ran
authors.initials: HR
authors.lastname: Yin
authors.forename: Yan-zhen
authors.initials: YZ
authors.lastname: Lin
mesh_terms: D000005:Abdomen / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D055806:Microvessels; D008875:Middle Aged; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D009389:Neovascularization, Pathologic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology*; D018615:Ultrasonography, Doppler, Color / Q000379:methods*