ReviewChild's nervous system : ChNS : official journal of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery2016
Neurosurgical tools to extend tumor resection in hemispheric low-grade gliomas: conventional and contrast enhanced ultrasonography.
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- A systematic review of the effectiveness and the diagnostic accuracy of intraoperative ultrasound in the resection of low-grade gliomas.Journal of ultrasound · 2025Pooled it
- Reliability of intraoperative ultrasound in detecting tumor residual after brain diffuse glioma surgery: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Neurosurgical review · 2020Pooled it
- Comparison of different new ultrasonic technologies in resection assessment of neurosurgery.Quantitative imaging in medicine and surgery · 2025Article
- Surgical treatment of pediatric low-grade glioma in developing countries.Child's nervous system : ChNS : official journal of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery · 2024Review
- Brain contrast-enhanced ultrasonography and elastography in infants.Ultrasonography (Seoul, Korea) · 2022Article
- Contrast-enhanced ultrasound of the pediatric brain.Pediatric radiology · 2021Review
- Intraoperative imaging techniques for glioma surgery.Future oncology (London, England) · 2017Review
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Abstract
purposePediatric low-grade gliomas (LGGs) are the most frequent solid tumor in childhood. Based on an increasing number of literature reports, maximal safe resection is recommended as the first line of treatment whenever possible. However, distinguishing tumor tissue from the surrounding normal brain is often challenging with infiltrating neoplasms, even with the assistance of intraoperative, microscopic and conventional neuronavigation systems. Therefore, any technique that enhances the detection and visualization of LGGs intraoperatively is certainly desirable.
methodsIn this paper, we reviewed the role of intraoperative conventional ultrasound and contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) as a tool for extending tumor resection in LGGs. Moreover, our experience with this technology is reported and discussed.
resultsBoth B-mode and CEUS are helpful in highlighting LGGs, detecting tumor margins and providing additional information such as vascularization, thus improving the safety of a more radical resection.
conclusionsAlthough the full potentialities of the method are yet to be explored, intraoperative ultrasound is a promising tool in oncologic surgery and LGG surgery.
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