The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Volume 138, Issue 4 , Pages 837-842 , October 2009

Intraoperative ultrasonographic localization of pulmonary ground-glass opacities

  • Ryoichi Kondo, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Shinshu University School of Medicine, Matsumoto, Japan
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress for reprints: Ryoichi Kondo, MD, PhD, Department of Surgery, Shinshu University School of Medicine, 3-1-1 Asahi, Matsumoto 390-8621, Japan.
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  • Kazuo Yoshida, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Shinshu University School of Medicine, Matsumoto, Japan
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  • Kazutoshi Hamanaka, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Shinshu University School of Medicine, Matsumoto, Japan
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  • Masahiro Hashizume, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Shinshu University School of Medicine, Matsumoto, Japan
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  • Toshiki Ushiyama, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Shinshu University School of Medicine, Matsumoto, Japan
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  • Akira Hyogotani, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Shinshu University School of Medicine, Matsumoto, Japan
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  • Makoto Kurai, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Shinshu University School of Medicine, Matsumoto, Japan
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  • Satoshi Kawakami, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Shinshu University School of Medicine, Matsumoto, Japan
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  • Mana Fukushima, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology, Shinshu University School of Medicine, Matsumoto, Japan
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  • Jun Amano, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Shinshu University School of Medicine, Matsumoto, Japan

Received 28 May 2008 ,Revised 20 December 2008 ,Accepted 2 February 2009.

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PII: S0022-5223(09)00177-9

doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2009.02.002

The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Volume 138, Issue 4 , Pages 837-842 , October 2009

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