Laparoscopic ultrasound assisted laparoscopic retroperitoneal schwannoma excision Omer Demir1, Volkan Sen1, Ozan Bozkurt1, Mustafa Secil2, Adil Esen1 1Dokuz Eylul University School of Medicine, Department of Urology, Izmir, Turkey 2Dokuz Eylul University School of Medicine, Department of Radiology, Izmir, Turkey

This work describes the ultrasound-assisted synthesis of saturated aliphatic esters from synthetic aliphatic acids and either methanol or ethanol. The products were isolated in good yields after short reaction times under mild conditions.

In computer assisted orthopaedic surgery (CAOS), fluoroscopy remains the primary intraoperative imaging modality for bone boundary visualization. However, the associated radiation exposure poses risks to both patients and surgical teams. Ultrasound (US) imaging has thus recently emerged as a safer (non-ionizing) potential alternative intraoperative imaging modality; in recent years, our group h...