AUTHOR=Wu Hao , Cheng Yingying , Gao Wenwen , Chen Peng , Wei Yao , Zhao Haikang , Wang Fenglu 

TITLE=Progress in the application of ultrasound in glioma surgery

JOURNAL=Frontiers in Medicine

VOLUME=Volume 11 - 2024

YEAR=2024

URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/medicine/articles/10.3389/fmed.2024.1388728

DOI=10.3389/fmed.2024.1388728

ISSN=2296-858X

ABSTRACT=Brain glioma is the most common primary intracranial tumor, which is highly invasive and has a poor prognosis. Maximum safe tumor removal is now recognized as the gold standard for glioma surgery. The application of intraoperative ultrasound can improve the tumor resection rate and protect the brain function area to the maximum extent. At present, a variety of new imaging techniques have been applied in the clinical practice of intraoperative ultrasound, including contrast-enhanced ultrasound, three-dimensional ultrasound, ultrasound elastography and linear ultrasound, which can assist the surgeon to perform tumor resection. This article will review the role and deficiency of intraoperative ultrasound in glioma surgery.