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Ultrasonic surgery allows one to achieve the principles of surgical dissection while operating within fleshy tissue. Focal tissue destruction with simultaneous aspiration, and irrigation allows for bloodless and accurate incisions through liver tissue. The ultrasonically equipped oncologic surgeon is also better equipped to resect mucinous and necrotic cancer. These types of malignant tissue are often seen after a response to induction chemotherapy. Finally, some problematic conditions occasionally encountered with necrotic pancreatic tissue or wounds that require debridement can be efficiently cleaned up with an ultrasonic dissector.
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Sugarbaker, P.H. (1995). Ultrasonic Surgery in Oncology. In: Rader, J.S., Rosenshein, N.B. (eds) Ultrasonic Surgical Techniques for the Pelvic Surgeon. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-2486-0_6
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