Do we still need intraoperative ultrasound in patients with liver tumors and preoperative PET/CT imaging?

Aims: Combined FDG-PET/CT imaging has shown to be of diagnostic value in the preoperative evaluation of patients with liver tumors. The adjunctive use of intraoperative ultrasound (IOUS) seemed to have limited impact on therapeutic decisions in these patients. Aim: To compare the diagnostic performance of preoperative PET/CT and IOUS with the standard of histologic examination of resected liver specimens in evaluating patients for resection of liver tumors. Methods: Patients who underwent surgical exploration for possible curative resection of hepatic tumors and had preoperative FDG-PET/CT and IOUS were retrospe…