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Blog Article: Using Intraoperative Ultrasound in Neurosurgery

Neuronavigation relies on a set of preoperative images--usually CT or MR--which can become outdated and unreliable by the time of the surgery. This is due to the phenomenon known as brain shift, wherein "you can see a considerable change in position of the normal tissue," says Prof. Unsgaard. This shifting of the brain within the skull occurs during surgery and introduces a potential problem where in the surgeon might hit the wrong structures, such as a blood vessel or eloquent areas of the brain. . . . "Ultrasound gives you certainty and makes you feel confident."
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Perspective | Chubby babies get all the love. Well, here’s some for the ‘dinky’ babies, too.

“So, here’s the situation,” the obstetrician said. He took a seat on a stool at the end of the hospital bed. Remembering the scene now, I imagine him flipping up coattails, like a symphony conductor about to give the flute section bad news.

I was calm, though still surprised about being in the hospital, where I was handed over to this doctor after an early-morning appointment showed the baby was breech and fluid levels were low. I wasn’t in pain. I wasn’t even in labor. It had been a relatively