Ultrasound-Assisted Surgery

Modern surgery always strives to decrease tissue trauma so that morbidity and mortality can be diminished. Using ultrasound guidance to perform surgical procedures has been demonstrated to be an extremely useful tool. Intraoperative ultrasound marking allows the clinician to precisely locate foreign bodies, abscesses, hematomas, and bone fragments in the depth, decreasing the incision size and therefore tissue trauma. Moreover, it avoids damaging delicate structures, that when injured, have the potential to cause complications in the patient. On the other hand, it has been also demonstrated that ultrasound guidance can be a great aid for open and endoscopic surgery. Learning about these techniques would definitively affect your daily practice and your patients positively.