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Postoperative Imaging Findings of Colorectal Surgery: A Pictorial Essay

대장 직장 수술의 수술 후 영상 소견들: 임상화보

  • Inkeon Yeo (Department of Radiology, Kyung Hee University Hospital, College of Medicine, Kyung Hee University) ;
  • Myung-Won Yoo (Department of Radiology, Kyung Hee University Hospital, College of Medicine, Kyung Hee University) ;
  • Seong Jin Park (Department of Radiology, Kyung Hee University Hospital, College of Medicine, Kyung Hee University) ;
  • Sung Kyoung Moon (Department of Radiology, Kyung Hee University Hospital, College of Medicine, Kyung Hee University)
  • 여인권 (경희대학교 의과대학 경희대학교병원 영상의학과) ;
  • 유명원 (경희대학교 의과대학 경희대학교병원 영상의학과) ;
  • 박성진 (경희대학교 의과대학 경희대학교병원 영상의학과) ;
  • 문성경 (경희대학교 의과대학 경희대학교병원 영상의학과)
  • Received : 2021.12.31
  • Accepted : 2023.12.20
  • Published : 2024.07.01
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Abstract

Postoperative colorectal imaging studies play an important role in the detection of surgical complications and disease recurrence. In this pictorial essay, we briefly describe methods of surgery, imaging findings of their early and late complications, and postsurgical recurrence of cancer and inflammatory bowel disease.

대장과 직장 수술 후 영상 검사는 수술 후 생기는 합병증과 특정 질환의 재발을 발견하는 데 있어 중요한 역할을 한다. 이 임상화보에서는 개략적인 대장과 직장 수술 방법, 영상 기법, 수술 후 조기 및 후기 합병증의 특징적 영상 소견, 암 재발 또는 염증성 대장 질환의 특징적 영상 소견에 대해서 다룰 것이다.

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