title: Use of intraoperative ultrasound in decision making during spinal operations.
abstract: The use of intraoperative spinal ultrasonography in 14 cases and its effect on decision making during laminectomy procedures is discussed. The advantages of the technique in operations for syringomyelia, trauma, spondylosis, intramedullary tumors, and neuroablative procedures of the spinal cord are elaborated.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000368:Aged; D003657:Decision Making; D006801:Humans; D007432:Intraoperative Period; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013116:Spinal Cord / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D013118:Spinal Cord Diseases / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D013122:Spinal Diseases / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D013131:Spine / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D014463:Ultrasonography