Contrast-enhanced intraoperative ultrasonography during hepatectomies for colorectal cancer liver metastases

Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery

Volumn 9, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1148-1154

  Torzilli, Guido ^a   Del Fabbro, Daniele ^a   Palmisano, Angela ^a   Donadon, Matteo ^a   Bianchi, Paolo ^a   Roncalli, Massimo ^a   Balzarini, Luca ^b   Montorsi, Marco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b HUMANITAS CLINICAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (Italy)

Author keywords

Contrast enhanced ultrasound; Intraoperative ultrasonography; Laparoscopic ultrasonography; Liver metastases; Liver tumors, diagnosis; Liver tumors, staging; Liver tumors, surgery

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; SULFUR HEXAFLUORIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; COLORECTAL TUMOR; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LIVER RESECTION; LIVER TUMOR; MALE; METASTASIS; MICROBUBBLE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; HEPATECTOMY; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MICROBUBBLES; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SULFUR HEXAFLUORIDE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 27644445613     PISSN: 1091255X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gassur.2005.08.016     Document Type: Article

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