Refinement of neurosurgical technique has enabled safer operations with more aggressive
outcomes. One cornerstone of modern-day practice is the utilization of intraoperative …

Refinement of neurosurgical technique has enabled safer operations with more aggressive
outcomes. One cornerstone of modern-day practice is the utilization of intraoperative …

OBJECTIVE: There is still no general consensus in the literature regarding the role of extent
of glioma resection in improving patient outcome. Although the importance of resection in …

The published neurosurgical literature remains unclear as to whether the extent of surgical
resection statistically correlates with survival. The possible sources of this current state of …

Surgery for gliomas : Current Opinion in Neurology Surgery for gliomas : Current Opinion in
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Although a primary tenet of neurosurgical oncology is that survival can improve with greater
tumor resection, this principle must be tempered by the potential for functional loss following …

Modern glioma surgery has evolved from the principal belief that safe, maximal tumor
resection improves symptom management, quality of life, progression-free survival, and …

Objective: There remains no general consensus in the neurosurgical oncology literature
regarding the role of extent of glioma resection in improving patient outcome. Although the …

The benefits of surgery for the management of low-grade gliomas have been difficult to
determine from the literature. This difficulty might be explained by the inconsistency of the …

This paper discusses the arguments for and against radical tumor resection as a strategy for
treatment of cerebral gliomas. Method. Data from the Glioma Outcome Project were …