Laparoscopy with laparoscopic ultrasound for pretreatment staging of hepatic focal lesions: A prospective study

The need for accurate intrahepatic staging is crucial for patients with primary or secondary hepatic malignancies. Currently available data indicate that laparoscopy with laparoscopic ultrasound provides information similar to that obtained by intraoperative ultrasound and that it is able to identify small intrahepatic lesions not diagnosed by preoperative conventional imaging techniques.