• 1.West China School of Medicine/West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China;;
  • 2.Department of Anal-Colorectal Surgery, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China;;
  • 3.Department of Radiology, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China;;
  • 4.Department of Sonography, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, ChinaCorresponding Author: LI Li, E-mail: drlili116@126.com;
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Objective  To determine the role of multi-slice spiral computed tomography (MSCT) compared with transrectal ultrasound (TRUS) in preoperative staging of rectal cancer.
Methods  Patients with rectal cancer from January to May 2009 in Department of Anal-Colorectal Surgery of West China Hospital were enrolled. All patients were preoperatively examined by both MSCT and TRUS for T and N staging, which were compared with postoperative pathological findings.
Results  The study population consisted of 81 patients. Regarding depth of tumor invasion, the accuracy of TRUS (88.89%) was not significantly higher than that of MSCT (77.78%), P=0.168. Regarding lymph node metastasis, the result of MSCT was more accurate than that of TRUS (66.67% vs. 48.15%, P=0.034).
Conclusions  Although TRUS remains the advantages in evaluating local invasion, the gap between MSCT and TRUS are significantly diminished. MSCT is superior to TRUS in evaluation of lymph node metastasis, however, further improvement on the diagnostic accuracies would be warranted in both modalities.

Citation: CHEN Xiaojing,LAN Kai,WANG Xiaodong,Lv Donghao,YU Min,LI Zhengyan,SHI Yingyu,LI Li. Value of MultiSlice Spiral Computed Tomography Compared with Transrectal Ultrasound in Preoperative Staging of Rectal Cancer. CHINESE JOURNAL OF BASES AND CLINICS IN GENERAL SURGERY, 2009, 16(9): 702-705. doi: Copy