Ultrasound in follow-up of the postoperative brain

✍ Scribed by R. G. M. Olislagers-De Slegte; R. W. M. C. Smeets; J. Valk; F. Crezée

• Publisher: Springer
• Year: 1984
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 659 KB
• Volume: 26
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0028-3940
• DOI: 10.1007/bf00339769

✦ Synopsis

The authors report on their early results in the ultrasound (US) follow-up of postoperative brain pathology, both supra- and infratentorial. The use of US is dependent on the presence of an acoustic window in the skull after craniotomy. Five patients were investigated via a suboccipital craniotomy and one patient via a temporal skull defect. In the patients with a suboccipital craniotomy the greatest part of the posterior fossa, the 3rd and lateral ventricle could be made visible. In a patient with a temporal craniotomy the involved parts of the brain were demonstrated satisfactorily. If a skull defect persists after surgery US may be of value in the follow-up of postoperative conditions, such as the assessment of tumour residue or recurrence, hydrocephalus, postoperative complications and response to radio- or chemotherapy.