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World J Gastroenterol. May 28, 2008; 14(20): 3207-3211
Published online May 28, 2008. doi: 10.3748/wjg.14.3207
Contrast-enhanced intraoperative ultrasonography equipped with late Kupffer-phase image obtained by sonazoid in patients with colorectal liver metastases
Hiroshi Nakano, Yasuo Ishida, Toshiyuki Hatakeyama, Kazuma Sakuraba, Masahiro Hayashi, Osamu Sakurai, Kiyoshi Hataya
Hiroshi Nakano, Yasuo Ishida, Toshiyuki Hatakeyama, Kazuma Sakuraba, Masahiro Hayashi, Osamu Sakurai, Kiyoshi Hataya, Department of Surgery, Yokohama Asahi-Chuo General Hospital, 4-20-1 Wakabadai, Asahi-ku, Yokohama 241-0801, Japan
Author contributions: Nakano H designed the study and performed hepatectomies; Ishida Y, Hatakeyama T, Hayashi M, and Sakuraba K helped surgeries; Nakano H, Ishida Y, Hatakeyama T, Sakuraba K, and Hayashi M performed contrast-enhanced intraoperative ultrasonography; Nakano H, Sakurai O, and Hataya K analyzed the data and wrote the paper.
Correspondence to: Dr. Hiroshi Nakano, Department of Surgery, Yokohama Asahi-Chuo General Hospital, 4-20-1 Wakabadai, Asahi-ku, Yokohama 241-0801, Japan. nakahiro@marianna-u.ac.jp
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Received: March 8, 2008
Revised: April 16, 2008
Accepted: April 23, 2008
Published online: May 28, 2008
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