Endosonography of the anal canal and rectum

World Journal of Surgery

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 208-215

  Kumar, Adarsh ^a   Scholefield, John Howard ^a  

^a NOTTINGHAM UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANUS DISEASE; ANUS SPHINCTER; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; EXCISION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; QUALITY CONTROL; RECTUM DISEASE; REVIEW; SURGICAL APPROACH;

ANAL CANAL; ENDOSONOGRAPHY; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; RECTAL DISEASES; RECTAL FISTULA; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; RECTUM;

EID: 0033968215     PISSN: 03642313     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002689910034     Document Type: Review

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