TY - JOUR
T1 - Spinal cord ultrasonography of the newborn
AU - Valente, I
AU - Pedicelli, Alessandro
AU - Piacentini, Martina
AU - Di Serafino, Marco
AU - Vallone, G
AU - Speca, Stefania
AU - Colosimo, Cesare
PY - 2018
Y1 - 2018
N2 - Ultrasound represents the first-line survey for the assessment of spinal cord development abnormalities. In fact, within 6 months of life, the non-ossification of neuronal arcs provides an excellent acoustic window that allows a detailed depiction of the spinal canal, its content and of the surrounding soft tissues. Nevertheless, an accurate ultrasound examination requires a complete knowledge of the anatomy, the condition of normality, the frequent anatomical variants and the main pathologies involved. This review is intended to briefly summarize the US technique, the main clinical indication and the key notions that could help to properly perform this type of ultrasound examination.
AB - Ultrasound represents the first-line survey for the assessment of spinal cord development abnormalities. In fact, within 6 months of life, the non-ossification of neuronal arcs provides an excellent acoustic window that allows a detailed depiction of the spinal canal, its content and of the surrounding soft tissues. Nevertheless, an accurate ultrasound examination requires a complete knowledge of the anatomy, the condition of normality, the frequent anatomical variants and the main pathologies involved. This review is intended to briefly summarize the US technique, the main clinical indication and the key notions that could help to properly perform this type of ultrasound examination.
KW - Innovative biotechnologies
KW - Spinal dysraphisms
KW - Tethered cord syndrome
KW - Ultrasound
KW - Innovative biotechnologies
KW - Spinal dysraphisms
KW - Tethered cord syndrome
KW - Ultrasound
UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10807/129813
M3 - Article
SN - 1876-7931
SP - N/A-N/A
JO - JOURNAL OF ULTRASOUND
JF - JOURNAL OF ULTRASOUND
ER -