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Volume 337:1391-1392 November 6, 1997 Number 19
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Imaging of the Hepatobiliary Tract

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To the Editor: The excellent review of imaging of the hepatobiliary tract by Saini (June 26 issue)1 does not mention an important new combined radiologic and surgical method for the examination of the hepatobiliary tract — diagnostic laparoscopy combined with laparoscopic ultrasonography. This imaging technique is now being used to stage hepatic, pancreatic, and biliary tumors.2,3,4 It can also improve the accuracy of the selection of patients suitable for curative resection.

As Saini explained, helical computed tomography cannot easily detect liver lesions smaller than 2 cm or tumor ingrowth in surrounding structures and vascular structures. Laparoscopic ultrasonography can detect liver . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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