Intraoperative Ultrasound Imaging Features Guiding Surgical Strategy in Spinal Cord Ependymoma Resection
iUS identifies useful imaging features that allow surgeons to develop a structured resection plan before spinal cord manipulation. Future longitudinal studies are needed to validate whether the presence of a peritumoral halo or the extent of sagittal spinal cord area overlying the tumor poles are predictors of neurological and oncological outcomes.
Authors
- Juan Pablo Zuluaga-García (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6862-3752)
- Ian E. McCutcheon (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1638-3400)
- Gil Kimchi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1273-9534)
- Francisco Call-Orellana (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5943-0828)
- Claudio E. Tatsui (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3615-0268)
- Esteban Ramírez Ferrer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2775-0157)
- J. Weinberg
- Romulo Andrade Almeida
- Behrang Amini
- Robert Y. North
- Christopher A. Alvarez-Breckenridge
Institutions
- The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Neurosurgery Open
- Published
- 2026-01-15
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1227/neuprac.0000000000000199
- Primary Topic
- Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00