Laparoscopic ultrasonography as an alternative to intraoperative cholangiography during laparoscopic cholecystectomy

Table 6 Incidental findings

Author	Year	No. of patients examined using LUS	Incidental findings
Machi	2007	200	Cystic or solid tumors of the liver or pancreas in 31 patients; 14 biopsies and aspirations, 6 radiofrequency ablations
Perry	2007	236	Atrophic/hypertrophic or rotational anomalies or the liver, Mirizzi syndrome, vascular anomalies
Hakamada	2008	299	Polyps
Hublet	2009	269	1 hemobilia, 1 pancreatic pseudocyst, 1 IPMT, 1 pancreas divisum, 1 micro-calcification of the pancreatic head, 1 liver abscess, 1 liver tumor
Machi	2009	1352	Atrophic/hypertrophic or rotational anomalies or the liver, Mirizzi syndrome, vascular anomalies
Gwinn	2013	44	2 hepatic rotation anomalies
Kothari	2013	253	Polyps. Improved visualization of gallbladder walls in obese patient compared to trans-abdominal US

LUS: Laparoscopic ultrasound.