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The increased application of laparoscopy in the field of abdominal oncology has led to an increased use of laparoscopic ultrasound (LUS) as a valuable tool for staging of neoplastic diseases [1]. In regard to liver surgery, LUS provides, in experienced hands, a wealth of information for resectability assessment by detecting nonpalpable lesions and visualizing sharp relationships between tumors and vascular structures [2, 3]. Moreover, LUS can serve as guidance for any interventional procedure such as biopsy or thermal ablation of a lesions in radiofrequency (RFA) or microwave (MWA) ablation [4]. LUS-guided thermal ablation of liver tumors can be mastered relatively quickly by a surgeon already familiar with laparoscopic and ultrasound techniques. The learning curve mainly relates to the interpretation of the ultrasonographic images and to the technical tricks of interventional maneuvers [4].
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Santambrogio, R., Barabino, M., Opocher, E. (2014). Ultrasound-Guided Intraoperative Ablation Therapies. In: Torzilli, G. (eds) Ultrasound-Guided Liver Surgery. Springer, Milano. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-88-470-5510-0_13
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