Assessment of spiral CT pneumocolon in preoperative colorectal carcinoma

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 11, Issue 25, 2005, Pages 3866-3870

  Sun, Can Hui ^a   Li, Zi Ping ^a   Meng, Quan Fei ^a   Yu, Shen Ping ^a   Xu, Da Sheng ^a  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Colorectal cancer; Pneumocolon; Preoperative staging; Tomography; X ray compute

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BARIUM ENEMA; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER INVASION; CANCER STAGING; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL CARCINOMA; COLORECTAL SURGERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 22644444225     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v11.i25.3866     Document Type: Article

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