{"title":"Use of Virtual Touch Tissue Quantification Elastography Technique in Fetal Lung Maturation: A Preliminary Study.","authors":"Harun Arslan, Gökçe Naz Küçükbaş, Saim Türkoğlu, Zülküf Akdemir, Adem Yokuş, Ali Mahir Gündüz, Erbil Karaman, Hanım Güler Şahin","doi":"10.1097/RUQ.0000000000000642","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1097/RUQ.0000000000000642","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Abstract: </strong>This study is an analysis of fetal lung stiffness by virtual touch tissue quantification (VTTQ) elastography to predict fetal lung maturation. Evaluation of fetal lungs was first performed in B mode, and fetal lungs were analyzed at 3 different periods at third trimester in each pregnant woman, at 28 to 31, 32 to 36, and 37 to 41 weeks. Fetal lung elastography was performed at regions with the least acoustic shadow and far from ribs and heart. Each fetal lung assessment were done by taking mean lung stiffness obtained by measuring stiffness of both left and right fetal lungs. T test analysis showed no significant difference in fetal lung stiffness between male and female fetuses among 3 gestational periods. Analysis of variance was performed to evaluate fetal lung stiffness of the fetuses at 3 different gestational periods (28-31, 32-36, and 37-41 weeks). This analysis showed significant difference ( P < 0.01). Duncan multiple comparison analysis did not show significant difference in fetal lung stiffness between 28 and 31 weeks and 32 and 36 weeks, whereas fetal lung stiffness of fetuses at 37 to 41 weeks were significantly greater ( P < 0.01). This study is first step to analyze fetal lung maturation noninvasively using VTTQ elastography technique by measuring fetal lung stiffness.</p>","PeriodicalId":49116,"journal":{"name":"Ultrasound Quarterly","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2023-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10142551","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
İlyas Dündar, Sercan Özkaçmaz, Murat Demir, Mesut Özgökçe, Fatma Durmaz, Ayşe Özkaçmaz, Kerem Taken, Cemil Göya
{"title":"Radiological Evidence of Testicular Damage in Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Infection: A Sonoelastography's Potential Role.","authors":"İlyas Dündar, Sercan Özkaçmaz, Murat Demir, Mesut Özgökçe, Fatma Durmaz, Ayşe Özkaçmaz, Kerem Taken, Cemil Göya","doi":"10.1097/RUQ.0000000000000632","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1097/RUQ.0000000000000632","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Abstract: </strong>This preliminary study aimed to evaluate the possible damage to the male reproductive system that the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 virus causes by quantitatively measuring and comparing the tissue stiffness of the testis and epididymis with acoustic radiation force impulse sonoelastography in patients who have COVID-19 with a healthy control group. This prospective study was conducted between February and July 2021 with 65 cases. We used sonoelastography to evaluate male patients 18 years or older, who had applied to the urology clinic with nontesticular complaints, and were found to not have any underlying testicular pathology after a clinical-laboratory evaluation. The clinical-laboratory imaging findings and reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction test results of all patients diagnosed with COVID-19 were reviewed from the hospital database. We measured the shear wave velocity values of the epididymis and the testes of 31 proven severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 patients and 34 healthy subjects and compared them with an independent t test. For the patient and control group subjects, the mean age was 37.55 ± 13.08 (23-71) and 40.5 ± 16.25 (18-81) years, respectively. The mean shear wave velocity values of the left-right and bilateral testes and epididymis of the patient group were statistically substantially higher ( P ˂ 0.05) than in the control group. In the receiver operating characteristic analysis, when the cutoff values for the bilateral testes and epididymis were determined as 1.39 and 1.64 m/s, respectively, the AUC was 77% to 73.4%, the sensitivity was 87% to 74%, and the specificity was 65% to 62%. Our findings show that testicular and epididymal tissue stiffness increased in patients with COVID-19. We recommend adding sonoelastography to urogenital examinations of male reproductive system in patients who are recovering from COVID-19.</p>","PeriodicalId":49116,"journal":{"name":"Ultrasound Quarterly","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2023-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10514175","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Evaluation of Liver and Spleen With Shear Wave Elastography in Adult Patients With Familial Mediterranean Fever.","authors":"Serdar Akti, Eda Albayrak","doi":"10.1097/RUQ.0000000000000628","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1097/RUQ.0000000000000628","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Abstract: </strong>Familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) is an autoinflammatory disease and an important health problem in countries bordering the eastern Mediterranean, including Turkey. In this study, we aimed to evaluate possible tissue stiffness changes that may develop in the liver and spleen in adult FMF patients with shear wave elastography (SWE), and its usability as an auxiliary imaging method that will be able to provide additional advantage in clinical follow-up. Seventy-five adult FMF patients and 73 adult volunteer were included in the study. Examination was performed through an intercostal space where the liver and spleen were clearly visible. The parenchymal stiffness degrees of the liver and spleen were quantified by shear modulus values in kilopascals. Differences in stiffness values of the liver and spleen between the 2 groups were examined. Liver stiffness value (LSV) was found to be statistically significantly higher in the FMF group. Although the spleen stiffness value (SSV) was found higher in the FMF group, the difference between the groups was not statistically significant. Increased LSVs in patients with FMF can be quantitatively demonstrated by the 2-dimensional SWE method, and SWE may be useful as an auxiliary imaging method in the follow-up of patients with FMF for this purpose. The LSV and SSV obtained in this study may be useful as reference stiffness values for both healthy individuals and those with FMF.</p>","PeriodicalId":49116,"journal":{"name":"Ultrasound Quarterly","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2023-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10141955","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Tobias Kummer, Kelli J Mohn, Abigail J Bardwell, James H Boyum
{"title":"Evaluation of Soft-Tissue Hematomas With Real-Time, Contrast-Enhanced Ultrasound: A Pilot Study With Preliminary Findings.","authors":"Tobias Kummer, Kelli J Mohn, Abigail J Bardwell, James H Boyum","doi":"10.1097/RUQ.0000000000000621","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1097/RUQ.0000000000000621","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Abstract: </strong>In this study, we investigated the feasibility of using contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) to detect active hemorrhage in patients presenting with soft-tissue hematomas. Adult patients with clinically suspected, actively bleeding hematomas were prospectively enrolled. Contrast-enhanced ultrasound was used to assess for contrast extravasation. Ultrasound results were compared with those of multidetector computed tomographic (MDCT) imaging, operative findings, and clinical course. Sixteen patients (9 women, 7 men; mean age, 69 [SD, 13] years) were enrolled. Thirteen patients underwent MDCT imaging during their initial visit, and for 11, CEUS and computed tomography (CT) findings were concordant. The remaining patients had a negative CEUS study that was consistent with their clinical course. In 8 patients, CT imaging showed active extravasation (6 arterial, 1 indeterminate, 1 slow venous). Contrast-enhanced ultrasound and CT findings were concordant for all cases of arterial bleeding. For 1 patient, CEUS provided superior diagnostic information by identifying a pseudoaneurysm. The 2 discrepant patient cases had a ≥3-hour delay between CT and CEUS, and in 1 patient, CEUS was limited by body habitus. The second patient had no active bleeding identified in the operating room. Compared with CT, CEUS had a sensitivity and specificity of 75% and 100%, respectively, and positive and negative predictive values were 100% and 71%, respectively. Diagnostic accuracy was 85% in this limited study. Contrast-enhanced ultrasound is a promising alternative to MDCT in select patients and may sometimes provide superior clinical information. Limiting factors are large hematoma size, unfavorable anatomic location, and body habitus.</p>","PeriodicalId":49116,"journal":{"name":"Ultrasound Quarterly","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2023-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10514177","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Significance of Shear Wave Dispersion Slope Values Before Versus After Biliary Drainage in Patients With Obstructive Jaundice: A Single-Center Prospective Observational Cohort Study.","authors":"Ryo Sugiura, Masaki Kuwatani, Mutsumi Nishida, Megumi Satoh, Kazumichi Kawakubo, Shin Kato, Koji Hirata, Masahito Nakajima, Hajime Hirata, Yunosuke Takishin, Naoya Sakamoto","doi":"10.1097/RUQ.0000000000000644","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1097/RUQ.0000000000000644","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Abstract: </strong>The shear wave dispersion (SWD) slope has become available in the clinical practice and is related to tissue viscosity. However, clinical evaluation using SWD was not yet performed for obstructive jaundice. We aimed to evaluate the change of SWD values between before and after biliary drainage in patients with obstructive jaundice. This prospective observational cohort study evaluated 20 patients with obstructive jaundice who underwent biliary drainage. The SWD and liver elasticity values were measured before versus after biliary drainage, comparing between days -5 and 0 (day 0), days 1 and 3 (day 2), and days 6 and 8 (day 7). The mean ± SD values of SWD measured at day 0, day 2, and day 7 were 15.3 ± 2.7, 14.2 ± 3.3, and 13.3 ± 2.4 m/s/kHz, respectively. Dispersion slope values were decreased significantly from day 0 to day 2, from day 2 to day 7, and from day 0 to day 7 ( P < 0.05). Liver elasticity levels and serum hepatobiliary enzymes were additionally decreased significantly over time after biliary drainage. The correlations between SWD and liver elasticity values were strong ( r = 0.91, P < 0.01). In conclusion, t he SWD values decreased significantly over time after biliary drainage concomitant with liver elasticity.</p>","PeriodicalId":49116,"journal":{"name":"Ultrasound Quarterly","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2023-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10515202","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Shu-Jing Huang, Mei Huang, Xian-Lan Liu, Long-Cheng Hong, Yu-Qing Su, Yan-Ting Lin, Yan-Qing Wang, Jin-Rong Lin, Xiao-Dong Zhang, Ying Zhou, Yi-Ming Su
{"title":"The Ratio of Clavicle Length to Head Circumference: A Novel Date-Independent Clavicle Index.","authors":"Shu-Jing Huang, Mei Huang, Xian-Lan Liu, Long-Cheng Hong, Yu-Qing Su, Yan-Ting Lin, Yan-Qing Wang, Jin-Rong Lin, Xiao-Dong Zhang, Ying Zhou, Yi-Ming Su","doi":"10.1097/RUQ.0000000000000637","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1097/RUQ.0000000000000637","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Abstract: </strong>We aimed to plot the growth curve of the fetal clavicle, identify gestational date-independent parameters. Using 2-dimensional ultrasonography, we obtained the clavicle lengths (CLs) from 601 normal fetuses between 12 and 40 gestational age (GA). The CL/fetal growth parameters ratio was calculated. Moreover, 27 cases of fetal growth restriction (FGR) and 9 cases of small for GA (SGA) were detected. In normal fetuses, the mean CL (mm) = -68.2 + 29.80 × ln(GA) ± Z × (1.07 + 0.02 × GA). A linear relationship was detected between CL and head circumference (HC), biparietal diameter, abdominal circumference and femoral length with R2 values of 0.973, 0.970, 0.962, and 0.972, respectively. The CL/HC ratio (mean value 0.130) showed no significant correlation with GA. Clavicle lengths in the FGR group significantly decreased compared with the SGA group ( P < 0.01). This study determined a reference range of fetal CL in a Chinese population. Furthermore, the CL/HC ratio, which is independent of GA, is a novel parameter for the evaluation of the fetal clavicle.</p>","PeriodicalId":49116,"journal":{"name":"Ultrasound Quarterly","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2023-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10495621","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Tao Liu, Miao Zhou, Huihui Yang, Weixiang Liang, Ruiming Cai, Mingjin Cai
{"title":"Contrast-Enhanced Ultrasonography as a Diagnostic Strategy for Severe Endometrial Injury.","authors":"Tao Liu, Miao Zhou, Huihui Yang, Weixiang Liang, Ruiming Cai, Mingjin Cai","doi":"10.1097/RUQ.0000000000000645","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1097/RUQ.0000000000000645","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Abstract: </strong>Endometrial injury is associated with poorer pregnancy outcomes. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the diagnostic efficacy of contrast-enhanced ultrasonography (CEUS) in the detection of endometrial injury. This study included women who underwent CEUS of the uterus at the author's hospital between April 2020 and January 2021. The diagnostic performances of the CEUS-derived parameters in the detection of severe endometrial injury were evaluated by receiver operating characteristic curve analyses. The study included 67 participants (healthy control, n = 14; mild endometrial injury, n = 24; severe endometrial injury, n = 29). Enhancement intensity (EI) and area under the time-intensity curve (AUC TIC ) were significantly lower in the severe endometrial injury patients than healthy and mild endometrial injury subjects for both endometrial and subendometrial regions ( P < 0.05). Correlations analysis showed that EI and AUC TIC were positively correlated with endometrial thickness ( r = 0.460, P = 0.01, and r = 0.555, P < 0.01, respectively) and subendometrial thickness ( r = 0.501, P < 0.01, and r = 0.438, P = 0.01, respectively). The area under the receiver operating characteristic curve, sensitivity, and specificity were 0.720 ( P = 0.002), 79.31%, and 66.67% for endometrial EI; 0.818 ( P < 0.001), 75.86%, and 79.17% for subendometrial EI; 0.917 ( P < 0.001), 72.41%, and 95.83% for endometrial AUC TIC ; and 0.810 ( P < 0.001), 89.66%, and 70.83% for subendometrial AUC TIC , respectively. Contrast-enhanced ultrasonography may have clinical utility in the prediction of endometrial injury in women of childbearing age.</p>","PeriodicalId":49116,"journal":{"name":"Ultrasound Quarterly","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2023-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10145677","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Seda Aladag Kurt, Ali Ergun Eryurekli, Yasemin Kayadibi, Cesur Samancı, Mehmet Velidedeoglu, Irem Onur, Serdar Arslan, Fusun Taskin
{"title":"Diagnostic Performance of Superb Microvascular Imaging in Differentiating Benign and Malignant Axillary Lymph Nodes.","authors":"Seda Aladag Kurt, Ali Ergun Eryurekli, Yasemin Kayadibi, Cesur Samancı, Mehmet Velidedeoglu, Irem Onur, Serdar Arslan, Fusun Taskin","doi":"10.1097/RUQ.0000000000000617","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1097/RUQ.0000000000000617","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Abstract: </strong>The aim was to evaluate the effectiveness of superb microvascular imaging (SMI) in axillary lymph nodes (LNs).Benign and malignant LNs diagnosed via histopathological examination constituted the study subgroups. In addition to grayscale findings for morphological evaluation, vascular patterns and appearance of internal vessels were analyzed by both power Doppler ultrasound (PDUS) and SMI. The number of vascular branches was counted, and a vascularity index (VI) was calculated by SMI.Fifty-two LNs with suspicious findings in terms of metastasis (33 malignant and 19 benign) were evaluated. Diagnostic accuracy according to vascular patterns was 82% for PDUS and 92% for SMI. In the presence of asymmetric cortical thickening, there was a significant difference between benign and malignant LNs in the number of vascular branches of both thin and thick cortical sides ( P < 0.01). Mean VI was significantly higher in the malignant group ( P < 0.05). In differentiating malignancy, when a cutoff VI value was set to 9%, sensitivity was 69.7%, and specificity was 63.2%.Evaluating the vascularity of axillary LNs by SMI is a useful tool in determining the potential of axillary metastasis, especially in the absence of typical sonographic findings. Superb microvascular imaging can beneficially be used to select the most suspicious LN and suspicious area of the LN to sample.</p>","PeriodicalId":49116,"journal":{"name":"Ultrasound Quarterly","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2023-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10052567","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Adam J Engel, Kyungmin Shin, Beatriz E Adrada, Tanya W Moseley, Savitri Krishnamurthy, Gary J Whitman
{"title":"Review of the Sonographic Features of Interpectoral (Rotter) Lymph Nodes in Breast Cancer Staging.","authors":"Adam J Engel, Kyungmin Shin, Beatriz E Adrada, Tanya W Moseley, Savitri Krishnamurthy, Gary J Whitman","doi":"10.1097/RUQ.0000000000000601","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1097/RUQ.0000000000000601","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Abstract: </strong>This article reviews the ultrasound evaluation and staging of breast cancer with respect to the involvement of interpectoral (Rotter) lymph nodes. The primary objective is to demonstrate and assess the characteristic sonographic findings of interpectoral (Rotter) lymph nodes to help provide accurate nodal staging information. We aim to provide a comprehensive review and serve as an imaging guide for the identification and evaluation of Rotter lymph nodes. The detection of abnormalities and pathologic features of metastatic axillary nodal disease in the interpectoral region is reviewed, and the impact on clinical management and treatment is discussed. In the radiology literature, there is no comprehensive review of the sonographic appearance and evaluation of Rotter lymph nodes.</p>","PeriodicalId":49116,"journal":{"name":"Ultrasound Quarterly","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2023-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10118015","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Preoperative Value of Contrast-Enhanced Ultrasound in Totally Laparoscopic Associating Liver Partition and Portal Vein Ligation for Staged Hepatectomy for Liver Tumors: A Preliminary Study.","authors":"Li-Long Xu, Ling Zhou, Xiao Liang, Lin-Lin Zheng, Hai-Shan Xu, Chao Chen, Peng Hu, Shi-Yan Li","doi":"10.1097/RUQ.0000000000000631","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1097/RUQ.0000000000000631","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Abstract: </strong>The clinical data of 15 cases that planned to receive totally laparoscopic associating liver partition and portal vein ligation for staged hepatectomy were retrospectively collected. Before the stage 1 operation, the size and number of the tumors in future liver remnant (FLR) and the presence of cancer embolus in the portal vein were assessed using contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) and contrast-enhanced computed tomography (CECT). Before the stage 2 operation, CEUS was performed to assess the presence of traffic blood flow between the diseased liver and FLR after round-the-liver ligation. Before the stage 1 operation, 5 cases with tumors in FLR were found by CEUS and 6 cases were found by CECT ( P > 0.05). Similarly, CEUS found 5 cases with cancer thrombus in portal vein, and CECT found 7 cases ( P = 0.500). The consistency between the 2 modalities was good (κ = 0.857, P < 0.05, κ = 0.727, P < 0.05, respectively). Before the stage 2 operation, CEUS confirmed that there were 7 cases without traffic blood flow between the diseased liver and FLR, and 3 cases with residual traffic blood flow. The daily growth rate of FLR in the group without traffic blood flow (mean rank = 7.00) was higher than that in the group with traffic blood flow (2.00) significantly ( P < 0.05). Contrast-enhanced ultrasound is a promising application in the preoperative evaluation of totally laparoscopic associating liver partition and portal vein ligation for staged hepatectomy.</p>","PeriodicalId":49116,"journal":{"name":"Ultrasound Quarterly","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2023-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10053126","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}