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Intraoperative Ultrasound in Spinal Surgery
Published on: August 17, 2022
[Value of intraoperative ultrasound in precise glioma resection]
Si-quan Liang1, Jian-min Kang1
1Department of Neurosurgery, Tianjin Huanhu Hospital, Tianjin 300060, China.
Objective:
To explore the application value of real-time intraoperative ultrasound in glioma surgery.
Methods:
A total of 80 cases of glioma were localized by intraoperative ultrasound, and their resection degree was evaluated postoperatively by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI).
Results:
All gliomas were located precisely by real-time intraoperative ultrasound under the guidance of preoperative MRI. Among them, 72 cases underwent total resection, 2 cases had residual tumor on post-operative MRI. Subtotal resection was performed in 8 cases. And one of them had larger residual tumor on post-operative MRI. The accuracy rate of resection was 96.2%. There was no complication related with ultrasound.
Conclusion:
Intraoperative ultrasound may help a neurosurgeon to locate lesions, select optimal approaches, guide operative procedures and estimate the extent of resection. Because of its small, flexible and convenient features, it will be widely used in neurosurgery.
