Providing new tools to improve surgical planning is considered a main goal in meningioma treatment. In this context, two factors are crucial in determining operating strategy: meningioma-brain interface and meningioma consistency. The use of intraoperative ultrasound (ioUS) elastosonography, a real-time imaging technique, has been introduced in general surgery to evaluate similar features in other pathological settings such as thyroid and prostate cancer. The aim of the present study was to evaluate ioUS elastosonography in the intraoperative prediction of key intracranial meningioma features and to evaluate its application in guiding surgical strategy.
Della Pepa, G. M., Menna, G., Stifano, V., Pezzullo, A. M., Auricchio, A. M., Rapisarda, A., Caccavella, V. M., La Rocca, G., Sabatino, G., Marchese, E., Olivi, A., Predicting meningioma consistency and brain-meningioma interface with intraoperative strain ultrasound elastography: a novel application to guide surgical strategy, <<NEUROSURGICAL FOCUS>>, 2020; 50 (1): N/A-N/A. [doi:10.3171/2020.10.FOCUS20797] [https://hdl.handle.net/10807/304074]
Predicting meningioma consistency and brain-meningioma interface with intraoperative strain ultrasound elastography: a novel application to guide surgical strategy
Della Pepa, Giuseppe Maria;Menna, Grazia;Stifano, Vito;Pezzullo, Angelo Maria;Auricchio, Anna Maria;Rapisarda, Alessandro;La Rocca, Giuseppe;Sabatino, Giovanni;Marchese, Enrico;Olivi, Alessandro
2021
Abstract
Providing new tools to improve surgical planning is considered a main goal in meningioma treatment. In this context, two factors are crucial in determining operating strategy: meningioma-brain interface and meningioma consistency. The use of intraoperative ultrasound (ioUS) elastosonography, a real-time imaging technique, has been introduced in general surgery to evaluate similar features in other pathological settings such as thyroid and prostate cancer. The aim of the present study was to evaluate ioUS elastosonography in the intraoperative prediction of key intracranial meningioma features and to evaluate its application in guiding surgical strategy.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.