Postoperative CT scans after resection of brain metastases: neurosurgical routine or added value?

Kaiyun YangAlexander P LandryMajid AljoghaimanEnrique GutierrezMatthias MillesiMatheuss LeiteAristotelis KalyvasPaola Anna JablonskaJaclyn VialetJessica WeissBarbara-Ann MillarTatianna ConradNormand LaperriereMark BernsteinGelareh ZadehDavid ShultzPaul N Kongkham

Published in: Journal of neuro-oncology (2022)

Following resection of brain metastases, a routine postoperative CT scan has low diagnostic yield and did not change patient management in any cases examined in this work.

Keyphrases

brain metastases
dual energy
computed tomography
small cell lung cancer
contrast enhanced
image quality
patients undergoing
clinical practice
positron emission tomography
magnetic resonance imaging
case report
magnetic resonance