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Intraoperative ultrasonography during planned liver resections remains an important surgical tool

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Ellsmere J et al. (2007) Intraoperative ultrasonography during planned liver resections: why are we still performing it? Surg Endosc 21:1280–3

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Cerwenka, H. Intraoperative ultrasonography during planned liver resections remains an important surgical tool. Surg Endosc 22, 1137–1138 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00464-008-9797-z

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