Perioperative shear wave elastography for the evaluation of spinal cord release in pediatric dysraphism: first experience in 21 patients.

Shear wave elastography of the spinal cord in patients with spinal dysraphism is a safe and feasible imaging method. This technique may assist in assessing the adequacy of untethering during surgery.

However, no established normative shear wave elastography values for the pediatric spinal cord currently exist. Until it does, the intraoperative interpretability and clinical utility of this technique remain limited.