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Operative Ultrasound in the Surgery of Portal Hypertension

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Abstract

Apart from the routine examination of the liver, ultrasound has three applications in this type of surgery:

  1. 1.

    Anatomical surgery

  2. 2.

    The detection of portal venous thrombosis

  3. 3.

    Evaluation of the completed anastomosis

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Bismuth, H., Castaing, D. (1987). Operative Ultrasound in the Surgery of Portal Hypertension. In: Operative Ultrasound of the Liver and Biliary Ducts. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-71596-9_5

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