Rusyniak W G, Ireland P D, Radley M G, Pilcher W H, Okawara S H
Division of Neurological Surgery, University of Rochester Medical Center, New York.
Neurosurgery. 1992 Oct;31(4):798-800; discussion 800-1. doi: 10.1227/00006123-199210000-00030.
The surgical approach to intrinsic lesions within the brain stem is undertaken by the surgeon knowing the potential for significant operative morbidity. We report the use of real-time intraoperative ultrasound and electrophysiological mapping techniques to aid in the localization and resection of an intrinsic brain-stem tumor in a child. These techniques permitted an aggressive surgical approach without encountering adverse postoperative neurological sequelae.
