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Diagnostic and Interventional Ultrasound in Pediatrics and Pediatric Surgery

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Ultrasonography has become an essential tool in the hands of the pediatric hepatobiliary surgeon. Preoperative assessment of liver parenchyma, vasculature and biliary system determine the optimal operative strategy. Intraoperative sonographic evaluation of tumor margins helps guide the resection. Color Doppler assessment of parenchyma and anastomosed vessels help to detect vascular complications during and after a liver transplant. Intimate familiarity with segmental hepatic anatomy and vascular variants is imperative for the successful use of ultrasonography in pediatric hepatobiliary and transplantation surgery.

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  1. Department of Medical Imaging, Ann and Robert H Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago, 225 E Chicago Ave, 60611, Chicago, IL, USA

    Juan Carlos Infante Jr. MD

  2. Department of Pediatric Surgery, Loyola University Medical Center, 2160S. First Ave, 60153, Maywood, IL, USA

    Alexander Dzakovic MD

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  1. Division of Pediatric General & Thoracic Surgery, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

    Stefan Scholz

  2. Section of Pediatric Surgery, C.S. Mott Children's Hospital, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA

    Marcus D. Jarboe

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Infante, J., Dzakovic, A. (2016). The Liver. In: Scholz, S., Jarboe, M. (eds) Diagnostic and Interventional Ultrasound in Pediatrics and Pediatric Surgery. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-21699-7_5

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