TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Chapter 12. Anorectal Ultrasound A1 - Seo, Christina J. A2 - Schrope, Beth PY - 2014 T2 - Surgical and Interventional Ultrasound AB - In a day and age where medicine and surgery have an increasing drive for less invasive measures, there is a rising need to find the greatest possible amount of information prior to definitive intervention. The use of ultrasound for the evaluation of anal and rectal disorders has become a mainstay in the workup of anorectal disease for many years and has seen numerous improvements in technology as well as in the understanding of normal and abnormal anatomy. As with many other innovations, this technology was initially borrowed from urologists, who had been using it as a means of examining the prostate. Since that time, adjustments have been made to optimize it for the evaluation of the rectum and anus. SN - PB - The McGraw-Hill Companies CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/11/14 UR - accesssurgery.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=57916551 ER -