title: The role of intraoperative ultrasound in neurosurgery.
abstract: High resolution real time intraoperative ultrasound was used in a number of cases to identify, localize, and characterize intracranial abnormalities. Five case reports illustrate the advantage of this technique during neurosurgical operative procedures.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001706:Biopsy; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D004814:Epidermal Cyst / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D005625:Frontal Lobe; D005909:Glioblastoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D006849:Hydrocephalus / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007235:Infant, Premature, Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D007432:Intraoperative Period; D008297:Male; D009493:Neurosurgery / Q000379:methods*; D010296:Parietal Lobe; D013702:Temporal Lobe; D014463:Ultrasonography