title: Intraoperative ultrasonography and other techniques for segmental resections.
abstract: Intraoperative ultrasonography is an indispensable tool for liver surgery, and ultrasonically guided techniques have opened the way to new hepatectomy procedures, namely, segmental and subsegmental resections, thereby allowing minor but systematic resection in patients with poor hepatic function.
authors.affiliation: Second Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Takayama
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Makuuchi
mesh_terms: D006528:Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006498:Hepatectomy / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D007430:Intraoperative Care; D008099:Liver / Q000098:blood supply; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D011169:Portal Vein / Q000473:pathology; D018084:Ultrasonography, Interventional