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Intraoperative Urologic Ultrasound

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Interventional ultrasonography (US) in urology includes many different diagnostic and therapeutic minimally invasive procedures. It also represents a noninvasive tool that, if placed in the hands of a trained surgeon, can aid various types of urologic interventions, allowing for on-the-fly, real-time visualization of important structures and operative activity that is both safe and inexpensive. Newer machines and probes allow for ultrasound application intraoperatively in virtually all areas of the urogenital tract and are increasingly used by urologists as an adjunct to standard operating techniques.

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Kim, F.J., da Silva, R.D. (2021). Intraoperative Urologic Ultrasound. In: Fulgham, P.F., Gilbert, B.R. (eds) Practical Urological Ultrasound. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-52309-1_15

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