Preoperative radiological findings of nodal status in 74 patients, using endoscopic ultrasonography (EUS), computed tomography (CT), ultrasonography (US), and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), were compared to histopathology reports following transthoracic total esophagectomy with radical lymphadene
Statistical inaccuracies in a comparative analysis of imaging modalities in the assessment of nodal metastasis in esophageal cancer
โ Scribed by Tschammler, Alexander
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1998
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 27 KB
- Volume
- 68
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0022-4790
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