Endorectal ultrasonography in predicting rectal wall infiltration in patients with deep pelvic endometriosis: A modern tool for an ancient disease

Diseases of the Colon and Rectum

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 869-875

  Bahr, Abbas ^a   De Parades, Vincent ^a   Gadonneix, Pierre ^a   Etienney, Isabelle ^a   Salet Lizée, Delphine ^a   Villet, Richard ^a   Atienza, Patrick ^a  

^a GROUPE HOSPITALIER DIACONESSES CROIX SAINT SIMON   (France)

Author keywords

Endometriosis; Endorectal ultrasonography; Rectum; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGIC SURGERY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; MECHANICAL PROBE; OUTPATIENT; PALPATION; PATIENT SELECTION; PREDICTION; RECTUM DISEASE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARD; SYMPTOM; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADNEXAL DISEASES; ADULT; ENDOMETRIOSIS; ENDOSONOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RECTAL DISEASES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 33744926461     PISSN: 00123706     EISSN: 15300358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10350-006-0501-x     Document Type: Article

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