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[Endocavitary echography following abdominoperineal extirpation of the rectum]. 1996

L Tankova, and D Damianov, and A Aleksandrova, and N Damianov

Transrectal echography using a high-frequency transducer is a well established method for preoperative rectal carcinoma assessment, and for postoperative follow-up of patients with anterior resection for rectal carcinoma. Having in mind the impossibility for follow-up study of patients with abdominal perineal extirpation of the rectum by transrectal echography, a new pattern of application of the transducer employed for endorectal examination is suggested. In five patients (4 women and 1 man) endocavitary echography through the anal canal is done. In women the examination is supplemented by transvaginal echography. A local recurrence in the course, of transvaginal study is recorded in one patient. The technique of examination and the superiorities of the procedure are discussed.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D008297	Male		Males
D009364	Neoplasm Recurrence, Local	The local recurrence of a neoplasm following treatment. It arises from microscopic cells of the original neoplasm that have escaped therapeutic intervention and later become clinically visible at the original site.	Local Neoplasm Recurrence,Local Neoplasm Recurrences,Locoregional Neoplasm Recurrence,Neoplasm Recurrence, Locoregional,Neoplasm Recurrences, Local,Recurrence, Local Neoplasm,Recurrence, Locoregional Neoplasm,Recurrences, Local Neoplasm,Locoregional Neoplasm Recurrences,Neoplasm Recurrences, Locoregional,Recurrences, Locoregional Neoplasm
D010502	Perineum	The body region lying between the genital area and the ANUS on the surface of the trunk, and to the shallow compartment lying deep to this area that is inferior to the PELVIC DIAPHRAGM. The surface area is between the VULVA and the anus in the female, and between the SCROTUM and the anus in the male.	Perineums
D011184	Postoperative Period	The period following a surgical operation.	Period, Postoperative,Periods, Postoperative,Postoperative Periods
D012004	Rectal Neoplasms	Tumors or cancer of the RECTUM.	Cancer of Rectum,Rectal Cancer,Rectal Tumors,Cancer of the Rectum,Neoplasms, Rectal,Rectum Cancer,Rectum Neoplasms,Cancer, Rectal,Cancer, Rectum,Neoplasm, Rectal,Neoplasm, Rectum,Rectal Cancers,Rectal Neoplasm,Rectal Tumor,Rectum Cancers,Rectum Neoplasm,Tumor, Rectal
D012007	Rectum	The distal segment of the LARGE INTESTINE, between the SIGMOID COLON and the ANAL CANAL.	Rectums
D005260	Female		Females
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000005	Abdomen	That portion of the body that lies between the THORAX and the PELVIS.	Abdomens
D019160	Endosonography	Ultrasonography of internal organs using an ultrasound transducer sometimes mounted on a fiberoptic endoscope. In endosonography the transducer converts electronic signals into acoustic pulses or continuous waves and acts also as a receiver to detect reflected pulses from within the organ. An audiovisual-electronic interface converts the detected or processed echo signals, which pass through the electronics of the instrument, into a form that the technologist can evaluate. The procedure should not be confused with ENDOSCOPY which employs a special instrument called an endoscope. The "endo-" of endosonography refers to the examination of tissue within hollow organs, with reference to the usual ultrasonography procedure which is performed externally or transcutaneously.	Echo-Endoscopy,Endoscopic Ultrasonography,Endoscopy, Echo,Endoscopy, Ultrasonic,Ultrasonic Endoscopy,Ultrasonography, Endoscopic,Echo Endoscopies,Echo Endoscopy,Echo-Endoscopies,Endoscopic Ultrasonographies,Endoscopies, Echo,Endoscopies, Ultrasonic,Endosonographies,Ultrasonic Endoscopies,Ultrasonographies, Endoscopic