Usefulness of Contrast-Enhanced Intraoperative Ultrasound in Identifying Disappearing Liver Metastases from Colorectal Carcinoma After Chemotherapy

Junichi Arita,Yoshihiro Ono,Michiro Takahashi,Yosuke Inoue,Yu Takahashi,Akio Saiura

Usefulness of Contrast-Enhanced Intraoperative Ultrasound in Identifying Disappearing Liver Metastases from Colorectal Carcinoma After Chemotherapy

2014

Junichi Arita
Yoshihiro Ono
Michiro Takahashi
Yosuke Inoue
Yu Takahashi
Akio Saiura

Background Preoperative chemotherapy sometimes makes colorectal liver metastases disappear or diminish. Contrast-enhanced intraoperative ultrasound (CE-IOUS) using perflubutane may identify such metastases.

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Perflubutane
Colorectal cancer
Radiology
General surgery
Chemotherapy
Intraoperative ultrasound
Medicine
Surgical oncology
hepatic resection
preoperative chemotherapy
preoperative imaging

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