H. Okudera et al., INTRAOPERATIVE REGIONAL AND FUNCTIONAL THERMOGRAPHY DURING RESECTION OF CEREBRAL ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATION, Neurosurgery, 34(6), 1994, pp. 1065-1067
WE PRESENT THE first use of intraoperative thermographical imaging for
the surgical resection of a cerebral arteriovenous malformation. For
obtaining intraoperative regional and functional thermographical image
s, a real-time mode infrared camera was installed to an operating micr
oscope with an exclusively developed attachment device. Changes of the
surface temperature of the cortical draining vein and the surrounding
cortical surface were observed intraoperatively before and after the
occlusion of the main feeder. Intraoperative functional thermography w
ith cold physiological saline solution demonstrated a change in the he
at clearance of the draining vein after complete obliteration of the f
eeder.