Usefulness of sonazoid-ultrasonography during hepatectomy in patients with liver tumors: A preliminary study

Journal of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 103, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 152-157

  Nanashima, Atsushi ^a   Tobinaga, Syuuichi ^a   Abo, Takafumi ^a   Kunizaki, Masaki ^a   Takeshita, Hiroaki ^a   Hidaka, Shigekazu ^a   Taura, Naota ^a   Ichikawa, Tatsuki ^a   Sawai, Terumitsu ^a   Nakao, Kazuhiko ^a   Nagayasu, Takeshi ^a  

^a NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

hepatectomy; intraoperative ultrasonography; liver tumor; sonazoid

Indexed keywords

PERFLUBUTANE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BILE DUCT CARCINOMA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL STROMAL TUMOR; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; INTRAHEPATIC CHOLANGIOCARCINOMA; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER METASTASIS; LIVER PERFUSION; LIVER RESECTION; LIVER TUMOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PEROPERATIVE ECHOGRAPHY; PORTAL VEIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUMOR GROWTH; TUMOR THROMBUS; TUMOR VASCULARIZATION; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CHOLANGIOCARCINOMA; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; FERRIC COMPOUNDS; HEPATECTOMY; HUMANS; IRON; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, INTRAOPERATIVE; OXIDES; SURGERY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 79251511210     PISSN: 00224790     EISSN: 10969098     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jso.21782     Document Type: Article

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