Clinical significance of CT-defined minimal ascites in patients with gastric cancer

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World J Gastroenterol. Nov 14, 2005; 11(42): 6587-6592
Published online Nov 14, 2005. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v11.i42.6587

Table 2 Clinical realities of CT-defined, preoperatively malignancy-undetermined ascites in the metastasis-free patients (BRM02-NoMeta)¹

	Surgery- or aspiration-recovered ascites
CT-defined ascites	Negative (%)	Positive (%)	Unknown (%)	Total (%)
No	68 (91.9)	5 (6.8)	1 (1.4)	74 (100)
Minimal	7 (87.5)	1 (12.5)	0 (0.0)	8 (100)
Mild	0 (0.0)	6 (85.7)	1 (14.3)	7 (100)
Total	75	12	2	89

¹Presence of ascites was not examined because operation was im-mediately ceased following observation of malignant omental cakes.

Citation: Chang DK, Kim JW, Kim BK, Lee KL, Song CS, Han JK, Song IS. Clinical significance of CT-defined minimal ascites in patients with gastric cancer. World J Gastroenterol 2005; 11(42): 6587-6592
URL: https://www.wjgnet.com/1007-9327/full/v11/i42/6587.htm
DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.3748/wjg.v11.i42.6587