The value of intraoperative ultrasound in the management of primary and metastatic liver malignancies
Zs Németh, T Winternitz, R Harisi, J Weltner, P Kupcsulik · Zeitschrift für Gastroenterologie · 2005 · Heft 05
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Zusammenfassung
The purpose of our study was to analyze the value of intraoperative ultrasound (IOUS) in the management of liver tumors. Abdominal ultrasonography has also some technical limits, for example reflections from bones or meteoristic bowels. Nine years ago at the Conference of Gastroenterology in Balatonaliga we reported the results of a retrospective study of 452 IOUS examinations which were performed in the previous ten-year period. Material Since 1996 we have carried out 118 further intraoperative examinations at our clinic until now. Forty-seven of our patients suffered from liver metastases of colorectal cancer.…