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ReviewBioMed research international2015

From Grey Scale B-Mode to Elastosonography: Multimodal Ultrasound Imaging in Meningioma Surgery-Pictorial Essay and Literature Review.

Francesco Prada, Massimiliano Del Bene, Alessandro Moiraghi, Cecilia Casali, Federico Giuseppe Legnani, Andrea Saladino, Alessandro Perin, Ignazio Gaspare Vetrano, Luca Mattei, Carla Richetta and 2 more

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Review in BioMed research international, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 20 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

20 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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  17. Applications of Ultrasound in the Resection of Brain Tumors.Journal of neuroimaging : official journal of the American Society of Neuroimaging · 2017
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  18. Neurosurgical tools to extend tumor resection in hemispheric low-grade gliomas: conventional and contrast enhanced ultrasonography.Child's nervous system : ChNS : official journal of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery · 2016
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors.

Francesco PradaDepartment of Neurosurgery, IRCCS Foundation Neurological Institute "C. Besta", 20133 Milan, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-0653-9317
Massimiliano Del BeneDepartment of Neurosurgery, IRCCS Foundation Neurological Institute "C. Besta", 20133 Milan, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-6672-9721
Alessandro MoiraghiDepartment of Neurosurgery, IRCCS Foundation Neurological Institute "C. Besta", 20133 Milan, Italy ; University of Milan, 20122 Milan, Italy.
Cecilia CasaliDepartment of Neurosurgery, IRCCS Foundation Neurological Institute "C. Besta", 20133 Milan, Italy.
Federico Giuseppe LegnaniDepartment of Neurosurgery, IRCCS Foundation Neurological Institute "C. Besta", 20133 Milan, Italy.
Andrea SaladinoDepartment of Neurosurgery, IRCCS Foundation Neurological Institute "C. Besta", 20133 Milan, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-6439-6556
Alessandro PerinDepartment of Neurosurgery, IRCCS Foundation Neurological Institute "C. Besta", 20133 Milan, Italy.
Ignazio Gaspare VetranoDepartment of Neurosurgery, IRCCS Foundation Neurological Institute "C. Besta", 20133 Milan, Italy ; University of Milan, 20122 Milan, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-0664-9700
Luca MatteiDepartment of Neurosurgery, IRCCS Foundation Neurological Institute "C. Besta", 20133 Milan, Italy ; University of Milan, 20122 Milan, Italy.
Carla RichettaDepartment of Neurosurgery, IRCCS Foundation Neurological Institute "C. Besta", 20133 Milan, Italy ; University of Milan, 20122 Milan, Italy.
Marco SainiDepartment of Neurosurgery, IRCCS Foundation Neurological Institute "C. Besta", 20133 Milan, Italy.
Francesco DiMecoDepartment of Neurosurgery, IRCCS Foundation Neurological Institute "C. Besta", 20133 Milan, Italy ; Department of Neurosurgery, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21218, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-6213-5793

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The main goal in meningioma surgery is to achieve complete tumor removal, when possible, while improving or preserving patient neurological functions. Intraoperative imaging guidance is one fundamental tool for such achievement. In this regard, intra-operative ultrasound (ioUS) is a reliable solution to obtain real-time information during surgery and it has been applied in many different aspect of neurosurgery. In the last years, different ioUS modalities have been described: B-mode, Fusion Imaging with pre-operative acquired MRI, Doppler, contrast enhanced ultrasound (CEUS), and elastosonography. In this paper, we present our US based multimodal approach in meningioma surgery. We describe all the most relevant ioUS modalities and their intraoperative application to obtain precise and specific information regarding the lesion for a tailored approach in meningioma surgery. For each modality, we perform a review of the literature accompanied by a pictorial essay based on our routinely use of ioUS for meningioma resection.

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Neurosurgical ProceduresContrast MediaElasticity Imaging TechniquesHigh-Energy Shock WavesHumansIntraoperative PeriodMagnetic Resonance ImagingMeningiomaUltrasonography, InterventionalContrast Media

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PMID26101779
PMCPMC4458537

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