Background: To evaluate the diagnostic accuracy of endosonography (EUS) in preoperative staging of stomach cancer.
Methods: Sixty-two patients with gastric carcinoma were investigated by endosonography. 49 underwent surgery. EUS reports were compared with operative and histology findings. Tumours were staged according to the 2000. TNM classification.
Results: EUS had a diagnostic accuracy of 89.8% for the T category, 83.7% for the N category.
Conclusion: EUS is an excellent clinical procedure for the staging of local-regional spread of gastric cancer and useful complement to the other gastrointestinal examinations for evaluation of these tumours.