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Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine, Vol 11, Issue 4 149-153, Copyright © 1992 by American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine

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Endosonography (ES) in the diagnosis of recurrent cancer of the rectum

J. Tschmelitsch, K. Glaser, C. Schwarz, G. Judmair and E. Bodner
II. Universitat Klinik fur Chirurgie, Innsbruck, Austria.

The ability of endosonography (ES) to detect local recurrence after "curative" surgery for rectal cancer was investigated in 65 patients. Fifteen patients developed local recurrence. All of these 15 patients had ES evidence of recurrence; in four cases recurrence was detected by ES alone. Ten of the 15 patients with local failure underwent reoperation. Four patients were candidates for reoperation for cure. Three patients with radical reoperation belonged to the group in which recurrence was detected by ES alone. ES is able to detect small tumors before there is evidence of recurrence in other available forms of examination.




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