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Ultrasonographic and electrophysiological adjuncts to surgery within the brain stem: technical note
W G Rusyniak1, P D Ireland, M G Radley
1Division of Neurological Surgery, University of Rochester Medical Center, New York.
Neurosurgery
|October 1, 1992
Abstract:
The surgical approach to intrinsic lesions within the brain stem is undertaken by the surgeon knowing the potential for significant operative morbidity. We report the use of real-time intraoperative ultrasound and electrophysiological mapping techniques to aid in the localization and resection of an intrinsic brain-stem tumor in a child. These techniques permitted an aggressive surgical approach without encountering adverse postoperative neurological sequelae.