Publication details
The use of high-frequency ultrasound for navigation in brain tumor surgery
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| Year of publication | 2002 |
| Type | Article in Proceedings |
| Conference | Neuro-ski - Abstrakta |
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| Description | An exact navigation during the brain rumor surgery enables a direct and shortest surgical approach and therefore decreases the risk of post-operativemorbidity. Ultrasound seems to be the second method of choice particularly in cases where frameless or frame-based stereotaxy cannot be utilized. The advantages are the availability of on-line visualization of changing surgical situation in the operated region, its simplicity and low cost of the procedure. |