Glioma extent of resection and its impact on patient outcome

N Sanai, MS Berger - Neurosurgery, 2008 - journals.lww.com
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 …

Role of extent of resection in the long-term outcome of low-grade hemispheric gliomas

JS Smith, EF Chang, KR Lamborn… - Journal of Clinical …, 2008 - ascopubs.org
Purpose The prognostic role of extent of resection (EOR) of low-grade gliomas (LGGs) is a
major controversy. We designed a retrospective study to assess the influence of EOR on …

Functional outcome after language mapping for glioma resection

N Sanai, Z Mirzadeh, MS Berger - New England Journal of …, 2008 - Mass Medical Soc
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 …

Oligodendroglioma

MJ Van den Bent, M Reni, G Gatta, C Vecht - Critical reviews in oncology …, 2008 - Elsevier
Oligodendrogliomas (OD) are rare, diffusely infiltrating tumors, arising in the white matter of
cerebral hemispheres, and displaying better sensitivity to treatment and prognosis than …

Extent of surgical resection is independently associated with survival in patients with hemispheric infiltrating low-grade gliomas

MJ McGirt, KL Chaichana, FJ Attenello… - …, 2008 - journals.lww.com
OBJECTIVE: It remains unknown whether the extent of surgical resection affects survival or
disease progression in patients with supratentorial low-grade gliomas. METHODS: We …

Seizure characteristics and control following resection in 332 patients with low-grade gliomas

EF Chang, MB Potts, GE Keles, KR Lamborn… - Journal of …, 2008 - thejns.org
Object Seizures play an important role in the clinical presentation and postoperative quality
of life of patients who undergo surgical resection of low-grade gliomas (LGGs). The aim of …

Preoperative prognostic classification system for hemispheric low-grade gliomas in adults

EF Chang, JS Smith, SM Chang, KR Lamborn… - Journal of …, 2008 - thejns.org
Object Hemispheric low-grade gliomas (LGGs) have an unpredictable progression and
overall survival (OS) profile. As a result, the objective in the present study was to design a …

Synchronized brain activity and neurocognitive function in patients with low-grade glioma: a magnetoencephalography study

I Bosma, L Douw, F Bartolomei, JJ Heimans… - Neuro …, 2008 - academic.oup.com
We investigated the mechanisms underlying neurocognitive dysfunction in patients with low-
grade glioma (LGG) by relating functional connectivity revealed by …

Usefulness of intraoperative ultra low-field magnetic resonance imaging in glioma surgery

C Senft, V Seifert, E Hermann, K Franz… - Operative …, 2008 - journals.lww.com
OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to demonstrate the usefulness of a mobile,
intraoperative 0.15-T magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scanner in glioma surgery …

[PDF][PDF] Efficacy of prognostic factors on survival in patients with low grade glioma

DEG Prognostik - Turkish neurosurgery, 2008 - neurosurgery.dergisi.org
ABSTRACT AIM: In this report, we aim to determine the prognostic factors influencing the
length of survival in patients with low-grade gliomas. MATERIAL and METHODS: In a …