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The authors report on their early results in the ultrasound (US) follow-up of postoperative brain pathology, both supra-and infratentorial. The use of US is dependent on the presence of an acoustic window in the skull after craniotomy. Five patients were investigated via a suboccipital craniotomy and one patient via a temporal skull defect. In the patients with a suboccipital craniotomy the greatest part of the posterior fossa, the 3rd and lateral ventricle could be made visible. In a patient with a temporal craniotomy the involved parts of the brain were demonstrated satisfactorily. If a skull defect persists after surgery US may be of value in the follow-up of postoperative conditions, such as the assessment of tumour residue or recurrence, hydrocephalus, postoperative complications and response to radio- or chemotherapy.
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Olislagers-De Slegte, R.G.M., Smeets, R.W.M.C., Valk, J. et al. Ultrasound in follow-up of the postoperative brain. Neuroradiology 26, 267–272 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00339769
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00339769