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Cereb Cortex ; 34(1)2024 01 14.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38112581

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Developing neurophysiological tools to predict WHO tumor grade can empower the treating teams for a better surgical decision-making process. A total of 38 patients with supratentorial diffuse gliomas underwent an asleep-awake-sedated craniotomies for tumor removal with intraoperative neuromonitoring. The resting motor threshold was calculated for different train stimulation paradigms during awake and asleep phases. Receiver operating characteristic analysis and Bayesian regression models were performed to analyze the prediction of tumor grading based on the resting motor threshold differences. Significant positive spearman correlations were observed between resting motor threshold excitability difference and WHO tumor grade for train stimulation paradigms of 5 (R = 0.54, P = 0.00063), 4 (R = 0.49, P = 0.002), 3 (R = 0.51, P = 0.001), and 2 pulses (R = 0.54, P = 0.0007). Kruskal-Wallis analysis of the median revealed a positive significant difference between the median of excitability difference and WHO tumor grade in all paradigms. Receiver operating characteristic analysis showed 3 mA difference as the best predictor of high-grade glioma across different patterns of motor pathway stimulation. Bayesian regression found that an excitability difference above 3 mA would indicate a 75.8% probability of a glioma being high grade. Our results suggest that cortical motor excitability difference between the asleep and awake phases in glioma surgery could correlate with tumor grade.


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Brain Neoplasms , Glioma , Humans , Brain Neoplasms/surgery , Wakefulness , Bayes Theorem , Glioma/surgery , Craniotomy/adverse effects , Craniotomy/methods , Efferent Pathways , World Health Organization , Brain Mapping/methods
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J Surg Case Rep ; 2023(10): rjad519, 2023 Oct.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-37854516

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Deep-seated brain tumours are surgically challenging to access. When planning approaches to these lesions, it is important to take into account eloquent cortical areas, grey matter nuclei, and subcortical white matter tracts. Traditionally, access to deep-seated lesions would require brain retraction; however, this is associated with secondary brain damage, which may impair neurological function. A trans-sulcal minimally invasive parafascicular approach allows gentle splitting of brain fibres and is thought to splay rather than sever white matter tracts. This is particularly important when approaching medially located, language-eloquent tumours, which lack brain surface expression. This video describes a minimally invasive approach to a deep-seated, language-eloquent brain tumour. We utilized preoperative cortical and subcortical planning to define a safe surgical corridor. We then demonstrate using intraoperative neuro-monitoring and mapping of the motor and language functions to define the boundaries of surgical resection. We find trans-sulcal minimally invasive parafascicular approach to be a safe and effective technique when approaching language-eloquent lesions medial to the main language subcortical networks.

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