Role of Intraoperative Ultrasound in Gastrointestinal (GI) Malignancies

Sponsor

All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi (Other)

Overall Status

Unknown status

CT.gov ID

NCT01143922

Collaborator

(none)

100

Enrollment

Location

Study Details

Study Description

Brief Summary

Currently available investigating modalities like CT scans, MRI etc although have a high accuracy in staging of gastrointestinal(GI) tract malignancies, are not correct in all cases . The aim of this study is to assess the role of intraoperative ultrasound as a modality to increase the staging accuracy of GI tract malignancies

Condition or Disease	Intervention/Treatment	Phase
Ultrasonography Gastrointestinal Disease Malignancy

Study Design

Study Type:

Observational

Anticipated Enrollment :

100 participants

Observational Model:

Cohort

Time Perspective:

Prospective

Study Start Date :

Aug 1, 2009

Arms and Interventions

Arm	Intervention/Treatment
Patients with gastrointestinal tract malignancies All patients with GI tract malignancies undergoing surgery will be subjected to intraoperative ultrasound