Diagnosis and Staging of Colonic Tumors by Conventional Abdominal Sonography as Compared with Hydrocolonic Sonography
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- 9 July 1992
- journal article
- clinical trial
- Published by Massachusetts Medical Society in New England Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 327 (2) , 65-69
- https://doi.org/10.1056/nejm199207093270201
Abstract
Ultrasonic examination has become increasingly important in the diagnosis of diseases of the gastrointestinal tract. In neoplastic diseases of the large intestine, however, the diagnostic value of conventional transabdominal sonography is limited. The purpose of this investigation was to determine whether the evaluation and staging of colonic tumors would be improved by the retrograde instillation of water into the colon in a procedure called hydrocolonic sonography.Keywords
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