Combined EUS and CT for evaluating gastrointestinal submucosal tumors before endoscopic resection

Abstract

EUS combined with CT can better evaluate SMTs compared with EUS only in predicting the maneuvers for therapeutic endoscopy.

Endoscopic ultrasound′s vision: Probing our way to NOTES

“…For GISTs, EUS is not only the first option for diagnosis, but also can be applied in predicting the maneuvers for EFTR[6] and tunnel-type endoscopic submucosal dissection. [7] Recently, the indications of ERTR have been expanded to early gastric cancer.…”