The role of three-dimensional endoluminal ultrasound imaging in the evaluation of anorectal diseases: A review

Surgical Endoscopy and Other Interventional Techniques

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1570-1578

  Gravante, Gianpiero ^a   Giordano, Pasquale ^a  

^a WHIPPS CROSS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anal canal; Anorectal imaging; Rectum; Three dimensional ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ANAL CANAL; ANATOMY; ANORECTAL DISEASE; ANUS FISTULA; ANUS SPHINCTER DISORDER; ATROPHY; CANCER INVASION; CANCER STAGING; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FECES INCONTINENCE; HUMAN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEPSIS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ANUS DISEASES; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; RECTAL DISEASES;

EID: 51749125793     PISSN: 09302794     EISSN: 14322218     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00464-008-9865-4     Document Type: Review

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