Real-Time Intraoperative Ultrasound Using a Minimally Invasive Transducer During Anterior Cervical Spine Surgery.
Timothy ChryssikosMichael E TawilVardhaan S AmbatiMohamed MackiAnthony M DiGiorgioPraveen V MummaneniLee TanPublished in: Operative neurosurgery (Hagerstown, Md.) (2024)
The neural elements and their relationships to surrounding bone/soft tissue can be visualized using a minimally invasive IOUS transducer during anterior cervical surgery without having to remove pin-based distraction. This allows surgeons to intraoperatively verify the extent of central and foraminal decompression.
Keyphrases
- minimally invasive
- soft tissue
- robot assisted
- magnetic resonance imaging
- quality improvement
- bone mineral density
- patients undergoing
- ultrasound guided
- bone regeneration
- acute coronary syndrome
- body composition
- contrast enhanced ultrasound
- postmenopausal women
- coronary artery disease
- percutaneous coronary intervention
- coronary artery bypass