Ultraschall Med 2015; 36(05): E1-E14
DOI: 10.1055/s-0035-1553593
Guidelines
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EFSUMB Guidelines on Interventional Ultrasound (INVUS), Part I – General Aspects (long Version)

EFSUMB Leitlinien Interventioneller Ultraschall (INVUS), Teil I – Allgemeine Aspekte (Langversion)
T. Lorentzen
1   Department of Gastric Surgery, Ultrasound Section, Herlev Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
,
C. P. Nolsøe
1   Department of Gastric Surgery, Ultrasound Section, Herlev Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
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C. Ewertsen
2   Department of Radiology, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen University Hospital, Denmark
,
M. B. Nielsen
2   Department of Radiology, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen University Hospital, Denmark
,
E. Leen
3   Imperial College London and Imaging Department, Hammersmith Hospital Campus, London, UK
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R. F. Havre
4   National Centre for Ultrasound in Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway
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N. Gritzmann
5   Radiologist, Esslinger Hauptstraße 89, 1220 Wien, Austria
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B. Brkljacic
6   University of Zagreb School of Medicine, Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, University Hospital „Dubrava“, Zagreb, Croatia
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D. Nürnberg
7   Department of Gastroenterology, Brandenburg University of Medicine Theodor Fontane, Neuruppin, Germany
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A. Kabaalioglu
8   Department of Radiology, Akdeniz University Medical Faculty, Antalya, Turkey
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D. Strobel
9   Department of Medicine I, University Hospital Erlangen, Germany
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C. Jenssen
10   Department of Internal Medicine, Krankenhaus Märkisch Oderland, Strausberg/Wriezen, Germany
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F. Piscaglia
11   Unit of Internal Medicine, Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, University of Bologna Hospital, Bologna, Italy
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O. H. Gilja
12   National Centre for Ultrasound in Gastroenterology, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen Norway and Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Bergen, Norway
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P. S. Sidhu
13   Department of Radiology, King’s College Hospital, London, UK
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C. F. Dietrich
14   Department of Internal Medicine 2, Caritas Krankenhaus, Bad Mergentheim, Germany
15   Sino-German Research Center of Ultrasound in Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China
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15. Oktober 2015 (online)

Abstract

This is the first part of the Guidelines on Interventional Ultrasound of the European Federation of Societies for Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology (EFSUMB) and covers all general aspects of ultrasound-guided procedures (long version).

Zusammenfassung

Der erste Teil der Leitlinien „interventionelle Sonografie” der European Federation of Societies for Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology (EFSUMB) erörtert die allgemeinen Aspekte sonografisch gestützter und assistierter diagnostischer und therapeutischer Interventionen im Abdomen (Langversion).

 
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