‘The Stegosaurus Appearance’ on ultrasound to assist in identifying the correct spinal level for primary lumbar spinal surgery
Ronak Ved, Isobel Hatrick, Kate Gregory, Sanjeevan Yoganathan, Ravindra Nannapaneni · 2024
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Description
Ved and colleagues describe in 2024 a playful ultrasound trick for marking the right spinal level before lumbar surgery. On side-view scans, the lumbar bones resemble a stegosaurus's back plates. That image helps users find the laminae, gaps, and sacrum needed to mark the target level. In their pilot, ultrasound marked twelve patients before incision, and X-ray checks confirmed every mark.
Wrong-level surgery is a real risk, and X-ray confirmation costs time and radiation. The authors say ultrasound is safe, quick, and accurate for this check. They propose it as a practical supplement to standard level confirmation.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Ronak Ved, Isobel Hatrick, Kate Gregory, Sanjeevan Yoganathan, Ravindra Nannapaneni |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2024 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 21 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |