Rectal Endometriosis: High Sensitivity and Specificity of Endorectal Ultrasound with an Impact for the Operative Management

Diseases of the Colon and Rectum

Volumn 46, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 1667-1673

  Doniec, J Marek ^a   Kahlke, Volker ^a   Peetz, Frederik ^a   Schniewind, Bodo ^a   Mundhenke, Christoph ^a   Löhnert, Matthias S ^b   Kremer, Bernd ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^b University Hospital of Bielefeld   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adenomyosis; Endoluminal ultrasound; Endoscopy; Laparoscopy; Laparotomy; Rectal ultrasound; Rectum; Sonography

Indexed keywords

ADENOMYOSIS; ADULT; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ENDOMETRIOSIS; ENDORECTAL ULTRASOUND; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LAPAROSCOPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECTUM DISEASE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; ULTRASOUND;

EID: 0346753442     PISSN: 00123706     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02660773     Document Type: Article

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