title: Utility of intraoperative liver ultrasound.
abstract: Intraoperative ultrasound has become an essential tool for the surgeon in the field of hepatobiliary surgery. No preoperative study has been able to duplicate the sensitivity and specificity of IOUS in the identification of occult lesions. With recent improvements in technology, IOUS has now become an indispensable means of defining the extent of disease and respectability, and providing a guide to anatomic and nonanatomic hepatic resections and minimally invasive and percutaneous ablative techniques.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Allegheny General Hospital, Drexel University College of Medicine, Allegheny Campus, 320 East North Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15212, USA.
authors.forename: Nilesh A
authors.initials: NA
authors.lastname: Patel
authors.forename: Mark S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Roh
mesh_terms: D017115:Catheter Ablation; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D007432:Intraoperative Period; D008099:Liver / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008107:Liver Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011169:Portal Vein / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014463:Ultrasonography