OBJECTIVE: Intraoperative localization of speech is problematic in patients that are fluent
with different languages. Previous studies have generated various results depending on the …

Object This prospective longitudinally designed study was conducted to evaluate language
functions pre-and postoperatively in patients who underwent microsurgical treatment of …

OBJECTIVE: Language mapping has been reported previously for bilingual patients
undergoing cortical resection of an epileptic focus that may have developed early in life. In …

Background Language sites in the cortex of the brain vary among patients. Language
mapping while the patient is awake is an intraoperative technique designed to minimize …

OBJECTIVE: Surgical resection of mass lesions in Broca's area is controversial. To
demonstrate that pathology may influence the localization of functional areas and language …

OBJECTIVE Most knowledge regarding the anatomical organization of multilingualism is
based on aphasiology and functional imaging studies. However, the results have still to be …

Object. The aim of this study was to determine whether cortical areas involved in the writing
process are associated with reading or naming areas in patients undergoing surgery for …

In order to identify the cortical areas involved in the reading process and to spare them
during surgery, we systematically studied cortical areas by direct cortical stimulation in …

This study analyzes the utility of peroperative cortical language mapping applied to the
surgery of high-grade gliomas situated within or in close vicinity to speech areas. Fifteen …

In this paper, we report a case study of a 31-year-old multilingual female (LK) who presented
with a left prefrontal brain tumour (WHO grade II glioma). LK is a late trilingual person whose …