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Intraoperative Cholangio-Ultrasound in Resective Liver Surgery

NCT01283802 · Status: COMPLETED · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 448

Last updated 2011-01-26

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Liver surgery should be considered an echo-guided procedure to guarantee conservative but radical resections. The investigators describe a further application of intraoperative ultrasonography (IOUS) for studying the biliary tree during liver surgery with no need for formal cholangiography.

Conditions

Interventions

PROCEDURE

INTRAOPERATIVE CHOLANGIO-ULTRASOUND

Techniques are as follows: 1. Direct ultrasound exploration without any contrast agents. 2. IOCUS injection into the bile duct of a mixture of air and saline (2 parts water and 1 part air); 3. IOCUS injection of an air bolus into the bile duct.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of Milan

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • GUIDO TORZILLI, MD, PhD · University of Milan

Eligibility

Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2004-06-30
Completion
2010-06-30

Countries

  • Italy

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