Role of Intraoperative Ultrasound in Gastrointestinal (GI) Malignancies

All India Institute Of Medical Science (AIIMS)

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Gastrointestinal Disease; Ultrasonography; Malignancy

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01143922

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Details and patient eligibility

About

Currently available investigating modalities like CT scans, MRI etc although have a high accuracy in staging of gastrointestinal(GI) tract malignancies, are not correct in all cases . The aim of this study is to assess the role of intraoperative ultrasound as a modality to increase the staging accuracy of GI tract malignancies

Enrollment: 100 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 10 to 90 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Patients with GI tract malignancies

Exclusion criteria

• Patients who refuse consent

Trial design

100 participants in 1 patient group

Patients with gastrointestinal tract malignancies

Description:

All patients with GI tract malignancies undergoing surgery will be subjected to intraoperative ultrasound