Intraoperative use of a wireless ultrasound device – a first clinical report

Purpose: Intraoperative and/or perioperative ultrasound in Head and Neck Surgery become more and more important. It is of special interest in terms of minimal invasive approaches for surgery of lymph nodes and salivary glands with tumors and stones. Material and methods: A new ultrasound device (Acuson Freestyle™, Siemens Medical Solutions) with the first worldwide wireless transducers (L13 – 5 and L8 – 5 linear array) was used and tested intraoperatively in various operations and conditions when ultrasound was indicated. B-scan as well as color Doppler ultrasound was carried out. Special interest was focused on…