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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
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, 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
Revised: April 16, 2008
Accepted: April 23, 2008
Published online: May 28, 2008
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