ReviewSurgery today2021
Current role of intraoperative ultrasonography in hepatectomy.
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11 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Expert consensus regarding the clinical application of liver contrast-enhanced US with Sonazoid (Sonazoid CEUS).International journal of surgery (London, England) · 2026Guideline
- Robotic versus open hepatectomy for IWATE expert-level liver resection: a risk-adjusted comparative study.Surgical endoscopy · 2026Article
- Advanced Image-Guidance and Surgical-Navigation Techniques for Real-Time Visualized Surgery.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2025Review
- [Anatomical variations of vessels and bile ducts in hepatobiliary surgery : What must be considered in gallbladder and liver surgery?]Chirurgie (Heidelberg, Germany) · 2025Article
- Possibility of modern ultrasound imaging of portal venous system.Clinical hemorheology and microcirculation · 2025Review
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- Clinical efficacy and safety of 3D vascular reconstruction combined with 3D navigation in laparoscopic hepatectomy: systematic review and meta-analysis.Journal of gastrointestinal oncology · 2022Article
- How molecular imaging will enable robotic precision surgery : The role of artificial intelligence, augmented reality, and navigation.European journal of nuclear medicine and molecular imaging · 2021Review
- Relationship between hepatic venous anatomy and hepatic venous blood loss during hepatectomy.Surgery today · 2021Article
- Comparison of Outcomes After Primary Laparoscopic Versus Open Approach for T1b/T2 Gallbladder Cancer.Frontiers in oncology · 2021Article
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Abstract
Hepatectomy had a high mortality rate in the previous decade because of inadequate techniques, intraoperative blood loss, liver function reserve misdiagnoses, and accompanying postoperative complications. However, the development of several modalities, including intraoperative ultrasonography (IOUS), has made hepatectomy safer. IOUS can provide real-time information regarding the tumor position and vascular anatomy of the portal and hepatic veins. Systematic subsegmentectomy, which leads to improved patient outcomes, can be performed by IOUS in open and laparoscopic hepatectomy. Although three-dimensional (3D) computed tomography and gadoxetic acid-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging have been widely used, IOUS and contrast-enhanced IOUS are important modalities for risk analyses and making decisions regarding resectability and operative procedures because of the vital anatomical information provided and high sensitivity for liver tumors, including "disappearing" liver metastases. Intraoperative color Doppler ultrasonography can be used to delineate the vascular anatomy and evaluate the blood flow volume and velocity in hepatectomy patients and recipients of deceased- and living-donor liver transplantation after vessel reconstruction and liver positioning. For liver surgeons, IOUS is an essential technique to perform highly curative hepatectomy safely, although recent advances have also been made in virtual modalities, such as real-time virtual sonography with 3D visualization.
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