Meanings of preoperative staging in English

Since August 2008 chest CT has been routinely performed for preoperative staging.

Endorectal ultrasound is considered a useful adjunct in preoperative staging of rectal tumors.

Objective: To evaluate the value of MRI in preoperative staging of rectal cancer.

The standardized methodology of ultrasound preoperative staging examination based on prearranged protocols is recommended.

Accurate preoperative staging is essential to identify patients with unresectable disease, thereby minimizing unnecessary surgery.

Chest computed tomography (CT) is often included in the preoperative staging.

Clinicopathologic and demographic variables associated with incorrect preoperative staging were investigated using univariate and multivariate analyses.

There is need for a methodology that can aid accurate preoperative staging and the subsequent treatment algorithm.

The role of conventional computed tomography (CT) in preoperative staging of rectal carcinoma is controversial.

Background: Treatment of ampullary adenoma is complicated by difficult preoperative staging, malignant potential and a high recurrence rate.

Thirty-nine patients were found inoperable (a 40th patient's inoperability was missed by all preoperative staging tests).

Therefore, accurate preoperative staging of the mediastinum remains of paramount importance for the treatment policy in patients with NSCLC.

Local preoperative staging with conventional MRI was correct in 83.9% and 88.9% with ESC-MRI.

This study was to evaluate the value of multislice spiral computed tomography (MSCT) in preoperative staging of rectal carcinoma.

Despite these advances in preoperative staging, there still remains a role for IOUS in detecting additional metastases at the time of surgery.

Conclusion: MRI has high accuracy for preoperative staging of rectal cancer, and is useful to detect the serosal infiltration and lymph node metastasis.