Title: Values of endoscopic ultrasonography for diagnosis and treatment of duodenal cysts
Abstract: Objective: Duodenal cysts is one of submucosal protruding lesions, it is a cystic change in intraintestinal wall. In the past, it was thought as a rare disease, not introduced and described in textbooks in detail. But recently, the disease is more and more found and acknowledged with the development of endoscopic equipment and technique. It is an important issue for clinicans to diagnose correctly and treat reasonably this disease. endoscopic ultrasonograhy (EUS)has the functions both endoscopy and ultrasonography, which can show the structure of the intestinal wall and the relationship with the adjacent organs. The clinical application of EUS has greatly improved the our diagnosis, treatment and understanding levels of this kind of diseases.
Publication Year: 2011
Publication Date: 2011-11-01
Language: en
Type: article
Indexed In: ['crossref']
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