The use of ultrasound as an intraoperative tool to guide surgeons is an exciting area of development where the technology can offer improvements to patient care, says DANILO TAPPIA.
With the general ultrasound market already being highly evolved, niche areas such as surgery have become the focus of more in-depth research as this is an area where the technology could offer improvements to patient care. New techniques, ranging from foetal cardiac surgery to neurosurgery, are coming into the spotlight as they can provide surgeons with accurate and real time images of the tissue in question. Technical advances in probe design and image resolution, coupled with the implementation of innovative surgical techniques, has enabled intraoperative ultrasound to be used as a navigation and interventional tool in the operating theatre.
Liver surgery
Liver surgery highlights one example of the effective application of ultrasound in the operating theatre. Despite the With the general ultrasound market already being highly evolved, niche areas such as surgery have become the focus of more in-depth research as this is an area where the technology could offer improvements to patient care. New techniques, ranging from foetal cardiac surgery to neurosurgery, are coming into the spotlight as they can provide surgeons with accurate and real time images of the tissue in question. Technical advances in probe design and image resolution, coupled with the implementation of innovative surgical techniques, has enabled intraoperative ultrasound to be used as a navigation and interventional tool in the operating theatre.
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