Staging laparoscopy with ultrasound and near-infrared fluorescence imaging to detect occult metastases of pancreatic and periampullary cancer.

Staging laparoscopy with ultrasound and near-infrared fluorescence imaging to detect occult metastases of pancreatic and periampullary cancer.

INTRODUCTION:Up to 38% of pancreatic and periampullary cancer patients undergoing curative intended surgery turn out to have incurable disease. Therefore, staging laparoscopy (SL) prior to laparotomy is advised to spare patients the morbidity, inconvenience and expense of futile major surgery. The a...

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Main Authors: H J M Handgraaf, B G Sibinga Mulder, S Shahbazi Feshtali, L S F Boogerd, M J M van der Valk, A Fariña Sarasqueta, R J Swijnenburg, B A Bonsing, A L Vahrmeijer, J S D Mieog
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC6211678?pdf=render

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