Experimental basis for intraoperative calculus localization by ultrasound.
Experiments were conducted in order to prove the usefulness of ultrasound, B-Scan and A-Mode, and A-Mode alone in the localization of small (3 to 10 mm) fragments of foreign materials in renal substance. Clinical experience indicates that stone fragments as small as 3 mm can be localized intraoperatively using A-mode alone, sterilized with gas for use in a surgical field.
D003949:Diagnostic Techniques, Surgical; D006801:Humans; D007669:Kidney Calculi / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D014465:Ultrasonics / Q000295:instrumentation; D014463:Ultrasonography