Erschienen in:
23.04.2018 | Technical Note - Spine - Other
Real-time intraoperative contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) in vascularized spinal tumors: a technical note
verfasst von:
Giuseppe Maria Della Pepa, Pier Paolo Mattogno, Giuseppe La Rocca, Giovanni Sabatino, Alessandro Olivi, Luca Ricciardi, Filippo Maria Polli
Erschienen in:
Acta Neurochirurgica
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Ausgabe 6/2018
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Abstract
Backgrounds
Intra-operative ultrasound (ioUS), and the recently introduced contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) demonstrated to be an extremely valuable tool in oncological cerebral neurosurgery.
Methods
The authors applied ioUS/CEUS techniques to spinal oncological surgery as showed in the illustrative case of a dorsal hemangiopericytoma.
Results and conclusions
ioUS and CEUS provide real-time information that proved useful in identifying both vascular and parenchymatous tumoral patterns, anatomical relations with nervous structure, plan surgical strategy, and identify residuals. It allows to visualize unexposed anatomical and pathological structures within the parenchyma and is a valuable guide during resection.