Ellen J. Hagopian • Junji Machi
Editors

2014

Surgical ultrasound has been a tool of the abdominal surgeon for a number of years. Ultrasound has been referred to as the stethoscope of the surgeon as it allows the unseen to be seen and is recognized as a vital component in many surgical procedures. Even with advances in preoperative imaging, such as computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging, the evidence is clear that ultrasound is a practical and indispensable tool of the surgeon preoperatively, intraoperatively, and postoperatively.