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Robot-assisted laparoscopy hepatectomy (RALH) is a new technique for surgical operation. Compared with conventional laparoscopic hepatectomy, RALH is more frequently used in complex liver tumor and liver tumor with special locations, but this technique is still under development and is limited by the burden of high costs and surgical devices. Meanwhile, there is a lack of generally accepted and confirmed clinical data, and therefore, the role of RALH is still under debate. This article reviews the surgical indication, learning curve, advantages, and limitations of RALH.
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Our country has been using maturity grading method, which was proposed by Grammum in 1979, to evaluate the placental function. However, this method is subjective to consequence because it totally depends on the observation and experiences of clinicians. With the development of ultrasound technology, therefore, we reviewed more novel applications in other aspects of placenta (such as blood flow, vascularization, etc). Over the past years, scholars in the world have done a lot of research around these topics. In this review we introduce placental maturity grading with B-mode ultrasound, placental vascularization qualitative and quantitative analysis with three-dimensional Doppler ultrasound and placental volume measurement, respectively.