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Trends and Future Prospects in the Use of Ultrasound in Liver Surgery

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IOUS is the current method of choice for staging hepatic tumors, and improvements in sensitivity and specificity are expected by adding CEIOUS.

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  1. Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, University of Milan-School of Medicine, Humanitas Research Hospital-IRCCS, Via A. Manzoni 56, 20089, Rozzano, MI, Italy

    Guido Torzilli, Matteo Donadon & Matteo Cimino

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    Guido Torzilli

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Torzilli, G., Donadon, M., Cimino, M. (2014). Trends and Future Prospects in the Use of Ultrasound in Liver Surgery. In: Torzilli, G. (eds) Ultrasound-Guided Liver Surgery. Springer, Milano. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-88-470-5510-0_15

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