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COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHIC IMAGING OF CRYOSURGICAL ICEBALL FORMATION IN BRAIN.

Author(s) : MOSER R. P.

Type of article: Article

Summary

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY (CT) WAS USED TO MONITOR THE EXACT ANATOMICAL LOCATION AND DIMENSIONS OF THE CRYOSURGICAL ICEBALL WITHIN THE BRAIN. THE GROSS AND MICROSCOPIC APPEARANCE OF THE TISSUE ICEBALL WAS EXAMINED IN BOTH ACUTE AND CHRONIC ANIMALS. ICEBALL FORMATION WAS MONITORED IN THE BRAIN OF FOUR DOGS UNDER A GENERAL ANESTHESIA. THE USE OF CT IMAGING TO MONITOR THE FORMATION OF THE CRYOSURGICAL ICEBALL OFFERS THE NEUROSURGEON A MEANS TO PRECISELY CONTROL THE SIZE OF THE ABLATIVE LESION. SMALL DEEPLY SITUATED BRAIN TUMOURS CAN BE INCORPORATED INTO THE ICEBALL UNDER DIRECT CT OBSERVATION, THEREBY ENSURING THE COMPLETENESS OF THE CRYOABLATION WHILE MINIMIZING DAMAGE TO THE SURROUNDING BRAIN.

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  • Original title: COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHIC IMAGING OF CRYOSURGICAL ICEBALL FORMATION IN BRAIN.
  • Record ID : 1989-0380
  • Languages: English
  • Source: Cryobiology - vol. 24 - n. 4
  • Publication date: 1987

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