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Neurosurgical Device Implantation for Neurooncologic Patients: What To Avoid?
Elly Chaskis1, Niloufar Sadeghi2, Olivier De Witte1
1Department of Neurosurgery, Erasme Hospital, Free University of Brussels, Brussels, Belgium.
Background:
Neurooncologic patients frequently require surgery, and neurosurgical devices are often implanted during neurosurgery. These devices could disturb oncologic follow-up by magnetic resonance imaging.
Methods:
The authors describe the use of neurosurgical devices, such as bone substitutes, ventriculoperitoneal shunts, and titanium skull fixations, in neurooncologic patients.
Results:
Acrylic cement cranioplasty, valve of ventriculoperitoneal shunt, and titanium skull fixations produced magnetic artifacts disturbing postoperative magnetic resonance imaging.
Conclusions:
The authors highlight the fact that all these neurosurgical devices implanted during surgery should be carefully evaluated to allow appropriate imaging follow-up for neurooncologic patients, which is a problem that remains underreported in the literature.
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