title: Intraoperative evaluation of small-calibre arterial reconstructions.
abstract: A new hammerhead-shaped, small probe for intraoperative duplex ultrasound was devised to evaluate small-calibre arterial reconstructions. This probe was used in two patients; one with terminal liver cirrhosis who had a left hepatic lobe that had been transplanted from her mother, and a second patient with limb-threatening ischaemia who had undergone arterial reconstructions. The technique was diagnostically useful and contributed to successful clinical outcomes.
authors.affiliation: Second Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Japan.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Sugawara
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ikegami
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Namba
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kimura
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Inoue
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kubota
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Harihara
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Miyata
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Sato
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Takayama
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Makuuchi
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000368:Aged; D000714:Anastomosis, Surgical; D001807:Blood Vessel Prosthesis; D005260:Female; D006499:Hepatic Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007432:Intraoperative Period; D007511:Ischemia / Q000601:surgery*; D007866:Leg / Q000098:blood supply; D008103:Liver Cirrhosis / Q000601:surgery; D016031:Liver Transplantation / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male; D011150:Popliteal Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D018616:Ultrasonography, Doppler, Duplex / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D018084:Ultrasonography, Interventional / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*