Intraoperative ultrasound imaging features in high-grade metastatic spinal cord compression treated with separation surgery
Intraoperative US is a practical and effective tool for assessing the extent of separation achieved during surgery for spinal metastases. The ultrasonographic features described in this study are easily reproducible and could be used to develop a standardized approach for evaluating spinal cord decompression in cases of separation surgery. Future longitudinal studies are needed to validate if intramedullary hyperechoic signal has prognostic value for neurological recovery and if the distance from the spinal cord to residual disease serves as a predictor of local control.
Authors
- Christopher Alvarez‐Breckenridge (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5997-6532)
- Robert Y. North (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6757-5595)
- Gil Kimchi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1273-9534)
- Rômulo Augusto Andrade de Almeida (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6342-9152)
- Francisco Call-Orellana (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5943-0828)
- Laurence D. Rhines (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8474-1521)
- Vikram Chakravarthy (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0081-6571)
- Claudio E. Tatsui (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3615-0268)
- Behrang Amini (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4962-3466)
- Martin C. Tom (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2757-8641)
- Esteban Ramírez Ferrer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2775-0157)
- Juan Pablo Zuluaga-Garcia
Institutions
- The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center (US)
- The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center (US)
- Radiation Oncology Associates (US)
- Neurological Surgery (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Neurosurgical FOCUS
- Published
- 2025-05-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3171/2025.2.focus24965
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Management of metastatic bone disease
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.01