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57. Jahrestagung der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Neurochirurgie e. V. (DGNC)
Joint Meeting mit der Japanischen Gesellschaft für Neurochirurgie

Deutsche Gesellschaft für Neurochirurgie (DGNC) e. V.

11. bis 14.05.2006, Essen

Is the image guidance of ultrasonography beneficial for neurosurgical routine?

Ist die navigierte Ultraschalltechnologie in der operativen Routine von Vorteil?

Meeting Abstract

  • corresponding author D. Miller - Klinik für Neurochirurgie, Philipps-Universität Marburg
  • S. Heinze - Klinik für Neurochirurgie, Philipps-Universität Marburg
  • O. Bozinov - Klinik für Neurochirurgie, Philipps-Universität Marburg
  • W. Tirakotai - Klinik für Neurochirurgie, Philipps-Universität Marburg
  • H. Bertalanffy - Klinik für Neurochirurgie, Philipps-Universität Marburg
  • U. Sure - Klinik für Neurochirurgie, Philipps-Universität Marburg

Deutsche Gesellschaft für Neurochirurgie. Japanische Gesellschaft für Neurochirurgie. 57. Jahrestagung der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Neurochirurgie e.V. (DGNC), Joint Meeting mit der Japanischen Gesellschaft für Neurochirurgie. Essen, 11.-14.05.2006. Düsseldorf, Köln: German Medical Science; 2006. DocSA.10.01

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Veröffentlicht: 8. Mai 2006

© 2006 Miller et al.
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Gliederung

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Objective: Intraoperative ultrasound has been extensively used in neurosurgical procedures as it has the advantage of producing real-time images. However, images are often difficult to interpret. Ultrasound-navigation combines real-time sonographic data and image guidance. The intraoperative images, in alignment with preoperative MRI-scans, can compensate for brain shift and help in resection control and approach planning. It is thus a potentially valuable adjunct during the surgical excision of brain tumours. In the present study we evaluate our new sononavigation system and compare it to conventional intraoperative ultrasound.

Methods: From January to June 2005, 29 tumour patients were operated on with the aid of intraoperative ultrasound. Sononavigation was used in 13 cases, the non-navigated ultrasound technology in the remaining individuals. We compared our one-platform sononavigation system containing an integrated ultrasound device (VectorVision2, BrainLAB, Germany) with a high end ultrasound system (Aplio, Toshiba, Tokyo, Japan) that is not connected to a navigation platform. Special considerations were taken in regard to image quality, tumour demarcation, orientation and whether anatomical landmarks were easily visualized.

Results: The pathology could be visualized in all patients. The tumour was well defined in 12/16 non-navigated and 11/13 navigated cases, respectively. Although image quality was good in most cases, orientation remained difficult in 8/16 patients in whom conventional sonography was used. Image fusion for sononavigation was performed without difficulties in all cases and a good-quality ultrasound picture was achieved in 11/13 navigated patients. In our hands the orientation in the sononavigated cases was judged to be superior to non-navigated ultrasound.

Conclusions: Intraoperative ultrasound provides valuable real-time information during tumour removal but is sometimes difficult to read. In our hands, integration of the ultrasound into the navigation system facilitates anatomical understanding as the preoperative MRI-data set helps to interpret the sonographic data. Thus, we feel that this technology is beneficial for neurosurgical routine.