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Intraoperative Ultrasound in Spinal Surgery
Published on: August 17, 2022
[Application of intraoperative contrast-enhanced ultrasound in different pathological grades of glioma]
Yin-qian Wang1, Shu-qing Yu, Ji-sheng Wang
1Department of Neurosurgery, Beijing Tiantan Hospital, Capital Medical University, China.
Objective:
To explore the feasibility and value of intra-operative contrast-enhanced ultrasound in different pathological grades of glioma.
Methods:
A total of 46 patients with glioma were selected to undergo the contrast-enhanced ultrasound. They were divided into 3 groups according to their pathological grades.
Results:
All 46 tumors were hyperechoic after examinations and the borders became much more distinct. Different level of tumors had their representative ultrasonic findings.
Conclusions:
Intraoperative contrast-enhanced ultrasound is quite useful for determining the position and border of tumors. And it is also excellent in detecting the residual tumor tissues post-operatively. And it can improve the resection accuracy and operative precision, especially for Grade IV glioma with internal necrosis, cyst and surrounding brain edema.
