Contrast-enhanced intraoperative ultrasonography during surgery for hepatocellular carcinoma in liver cirrhosis: Is it useful or useless? A prospective cohort study of our experience

Annals of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1347-1355

  Torzilli, Guido ^a   Palmisano, Angela ^a   Del Fabbro, Daniele ^a   Marconi, Matteo ^a   Donadon, Matteo ^a   Spinelli, Antonino ^a   Bianchi, Paolo Pietro ^a   Montorsi, Marco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Contrast enhanced intraoperative ultrasound; Contrast enhanced ultrasound; Diagnosis; Hepatocellular carcinoma; Intraoperative ultrasonography; Laparoscopic ultrasonography; Liver cirrhosis; Liver tumors; Staging; Surgery

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; SULFUR HEXAFLUORIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER PATIENT; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER HISTOLOGY; LIVER RESECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PEROPERATIVE ECHOGRAPHY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TUMOR VASCULARIZATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; COHORT STUDIES; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; HEPATECTOMY; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 34047210094     PISSN: 10689265     EISSN: 15344681     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1245/s10434-006-9278-3     Document Type: Article

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