TY - JOUR
T1 - Real-time intraoperative contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) in vascularized spinal tumors: a technical note
AU - Della Pepa, Giuseppe Maria
AU - Mattogno, Pier Paolo
AU - La Rocca, Giuseppe
AU - Sabatino, Giovanni
AU - Olivi, Alessandro
AU - Ricciardi, Luca
AU - Polli, Filippo Maria
PY - 2018
Y1 - 2018
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
KW - CEUS
KW - Contrast Media
KW - Hemangiopericytoma
KW - Humans
KW - Monitoring, Intraoperative
KW - Neurosurgical Procedures
KW - Spinal Neoplasms
KW - Spinal hemangiopericytoma
KW - Ultrasonography
KW - Vascularized spinal tumor
KW - ioUS
KW - CEUS
KW - Contrast Media
KW - Hemangiopericytoma
KW - Humans
KW - Monitoring, Intraoperative
KW - Neurosurgical Procedures
KW - Spinal Neoplasms
KW - Spinal hemangiopericytoma
KW - Ultrasonography
KW - Vascularized spinal tumor
KW - ioUS
UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10807/170467
U2 - 10.1007/s00701-018-3541-9
DO - 10.1007/s00701-018-3541-9
M3 - Article
SN - 0001-6268
VL - 160
SP - 1259
EP - 1263
JO - Acta Neurochirurgica
JF - Acta Neurochirurgica
ER -