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KMID : 1147320160030010001
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Journal of Surgical Ultrasound
2016 Volume.3 No. 1 p.1 ~ p.6
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Usefulness of Intraoperative Ultrasound in Breast and Thyroid Surgery
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Youn Hyun-Jo
Kang Sang-Yull
Jung Sung-Hoo
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Abstract
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Ultrasound is an essential tool in evaluation of lesions and guiding interventional procedures in the breast and thyroid. It is a real-time imaging modality, and in experienced hands using state-of the art equipment, sonography can provide rapid and accurate results. The availability of portable ultrasound equipment has expanded the use of ultrasound in the operating room as an invaluable tool for surgeons. Intraoperative ultrasound (IOUS) has been used as an important tool in breast and thyroid surgery. In breast cancer surgery, IOUS offers many benefits, including localization of small palpable or non-palpable lesions for patients desiring breast conserving surgery, ensuring negative resection margins, and confirming excision of lesions by ultrasound for intraoperative specimens. IOUS is also useful in detection of very small thyroid lesions and sentinel lymph node biopsy for thyroid carcinoma patients. In addition to classical use of ultrasound in diagnosis and follow-up of thyroid carcinoma patients, IOUS facilitates tumor localization and accurate excision of metastatic nodes and recurrence in patients requiring re-operative neck surgery. In this article, we will review the previous studies regarding IOUS and discuss the usefulness of IOUS in breast and thyroid surgery.
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KEYWORD
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Breast, Thyroid, Operative, Ultrasonography
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