The anaesthetist’s SonoSite Probe – Successful adjunct to complex intradural spinal surgery or poor man’s intraoperative ultrasound?

Abstract

The use of expensive, sophisticated, intraoperative ultrasound systems is established in cranial neurosurgery and less so in the realms of intradural spine. For units yet to acquire such costly devices, we demonstrate our experience of the readily available, anaesthetist’s SonoSite™ probe in intradural spinal surgery.

Keywords:

• Complex spine
• intradural
• intraoperative ultrasound
• sonosite

Declaration of interest

The authors report no declarations of interest. The authors alone are responsible for the content and writing of the paper.