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World J Gastrointest Surg. Jan 27, 2010; 2(1): 22-25
Published online Jan 27, 2010. doi: 10.4240/wjgs.v2.i1.22
Published online Jan 27, 2010. doi: 10.4240/wjgs.v2.i1.22
Table 1 Number and percent (%) of tumors per colon segment that were correctly or incorrectly localized by colonoscopy, and correctly, incorrectly or not localized by CT scan
| Surgical location | Colonoscope | CT | Total | |||
| Right | Wrong | Right | Wrong | Not detected | ||
| Cecum | 22 (64.7) | 12 (35.3) | 19 (55.9) | 8 (23.5) | 7 (20.6) | 34 |
| Ascending colon | 21 (84.0) | 4 (16.0) | 12 (48.0) | 7 (28.0) | 6 (24.0) | 25 |
| Transverse | 4 (80.0) | 1 (20.0) | 2 (40.0) | 0 | 3 (60.0) | 5 |
| Descending colon | 9 (69.2) | 4 (30.8) | 7 (53.8) | 0 | 6 (46.1) | 13 |
| Sigmoid | 27 (100.0) | 0 | 12 (44.4) | 3 (11.1) | 12 (44.4) | 27 |
| Total | 83 | 21 | 52 | 18 | 34 | 104 |
| Percentage (%) | 79.80 | 20.20 | 50.00 | 17.30 | 32.70 | |
- Citation: Lee J, Voytovich A, Pennoyer W, Thurston K, Kozol RA. Accuracy of colon tumor localization: Computed tomography scanning as a complement to colonoscopy. World J Gastrointest Surg 2010; 2(1): 22-25
- URL: https://www.wjgnet.com/1948-9366/full/v2/i1/22.htm
- DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.4240/wjgs.v2.i1.22