Prospective Trial on Probe-Based Confocal Laser Endomicroscopy for the Identification of the Distal Limit in Rectal Adenocarcinoma.

CONCLUSIONS: This supports the concordance between pCLE and histopathology in identifying the "tumor-free" limit of a rectal tumor preceding resection.
PMID: 29732957 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Surgical Innovation - May 1, 2018 Category: Surgery Authors: Wijsmuller AR, Ghnassia JP, Varatharajah S, Schaeffer M, Leroy J, Marescaux J, Ignat M, Mutter D Tags: Surg Innov Source Type: research