To investigate the value of intraoperative contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) in intracranial lesions.
Methods:
A total of 28 patients who underwent surgery for intracranial lesions in the Department of Neurosurgery
Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine from Dec. 2016 to Feb. 2020 were selected. Conventional ultrasonography and CEUS were performed during the operation. The ultrasound findings were compared with pathological results.
Results:
Twenty-eight cases with intracranial lesions were hyperechoic on conventional ultrasonography and the display rate was 100.00%. Sixteen of 24 cases (66.67%
16/24) displayed c
lear tumor boundary in conventional ultrasonography. Nineteen of 24 cases (79.17%
19/24) displayed clear tumor boundary in CEUS. Twenty-two of 24 cases (91.67%
22/24) displayed clear tumor boundary in the combination of conventional ultrasonography with CEUS. There was a statistically significant difference between conventional ultrasonography and conventional ultrasonography combined with CEUS in the evaluation of glioma boundaries (
P
0.05).
Conclusion:
Intraoperative conventional ultrasonography combined with CEUS is useful to determine the surgical boundary of intracranial lesions
display the residual tumors during the operation
and improve the accuracy of surgical resection of intracranial lesions.