title: Ultrasound-guided surgery of particulate cancellous bone and marrow from the iliac crest for cleft palate.
abstract: Minimally invasive procedures for treatment of disease have become increasingly popular and require specialized instruments and precise imaging guidance. We here propose a technique of minimally invasive surgery with ultrasound echo-guided procedures as a less traumatic and invasive procedure to get particulate cancellous bone and marrow from the iliac crest for cleft palate. This technique has been used successfully at our institutions. Our experience suggests that it can provide reliable ultrasound echo imaging-guided surgery.
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authors.lastname: Kamatani
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authors.lastname: Shirota
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authors.lastname: Kondo
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authors.lastname: Shintani
mesh_terms: D016026:Bone Marrow Transplantation; D016025:Bone Transplantation / Q000379:methods*; D000071556:Cancellous Bone / Q000637:transplantation*; D002972:Cleft Palate / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007085:Ilium / Q000637:transplantation*; D019060:Minimally Invasive Surgical Procedures; D018084:Ultrasonography, Interventional
keywords: cleft palate; guided surgery; particulate cancellous bone and marrow; ultrasound echo