Postoperative color Doppler flow ultrasonographic assessment of ureteral patency in gynecologic oncology patients

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 125-129

  Abulafia, Ovadia ^a   Sherer, David M ^b   Lee, Paul S ^a  

^a MARSHALL UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Color Doppler sonography; Gynecologic oncology; Patency; Ureter; Ureteral jets

Indexed keywords

COLOR IMAGE PROCESSING; DIAGNOSIS; DOPPLER EFFECT; MEDICAL IMAGING; ONCOLOGY; PATIENT TREATMENT; STATISTICAL METHODS;

BILATERAL URETERAL JETS; COLOR DOPPLER SONOGRAPHY; GYNECOLOGIC ONCOLOGY;

ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ENDOMETRIOSIS; ENDOMETRIUM CARCINOMA; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGIC CANCER; GYNECOLOGIC SURGERY; HUMAN; OVARY CARCINOMA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; URETER DISEASE; URETER OBSTRUCTION; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA; UTERUS MYOMA;

EID: 0031080004     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/jum.1997.16.2.125     Document Type: Article

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