Endoscopic ultrasound with conventional probe and miniprobe in preoperative staging of esophageal cancer

Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 256-262

  Mennigen, Rudolf ^a   Tuebergen, Dirk ^a   Koehler, Gabriele ^b   Sauerland, Cristina ^a   Senninger, Norbert ^a   Bruewer, Matthias ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Endoscopic ultrasonography; Esophageal cancer; Staging; Stenosis

Indexed keywords

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGUS; ESOPHAGUS TUMOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; LOWER ESOPHAGUS SPHINCTER; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; STENOSIS, OCCLUSION AND OBSTRUCTION;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CONSTRICTION, PATHOLOGIC; ENDOSONOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; ESOPHAGOGASTRIC JUNCTION; ESOPHAGUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 47749099758     PISSN: 1091255X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11605-007-0300-2     Document Type: Article

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