title: Laparoscopic staging and intraoperative ultrasonography for liver tumor management.
abstract: Intraoperative ultrasonography has become an invaluable tool for programs that perform large volume, complex liver operations. Together with laparoscopy, intraoperative ultrasonography helps in appropriate staging, aids in decision-making, and tailors operations so as to minimize short-term morbidity and optimize long-term benefit.
authors.affiliation: Cancer Institute of New Jersey, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA.
authors.forename: T S
authors.initials: TS
authors.lastname: Ravikumar
mesh_terms: D003657:Decision Making; D006498:Hepatectomy; D006801:Humans; D007430:Intraoperative Care; D020706:Laparoscopes; D010535:Laparoscopy / Q000379:methods; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary / Q000601:surgery*; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D018084:Ultrasonography, Interventional / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods