1. Intraoperative cortical mapping has low sensitivity for the detection of motor function in proximity to a tumor in the primary motor area.
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Shinoura N, Yamada R, Kodama T, Suzuki Y, Takahashi M, and Yagi K
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- Aged, Carcinoma complications, Carcinoma secondary, Carcinoma surgery, Craniotomy, Dysarthria etiology, Dysarthria physiopathology, Dysarthria prevention & control, Female, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Motor Cortex pathology, Movement Disorders etiology, Movement Disorders prevention & control, Oligodendroglioma complications, Oligodendroglioma surgery, Paresis etiology, Paresis physiopathology, Postoperative Complications etiology, Postoperative Complications prevention & control, Preoperative Care, Seizures etiology, Seizures physiopathology, Sensitivity and Specificity, Speech physiology, Supratentorial Neoplasms complications, Supratentorial Neoplasms secondary, Supratentorial Neoplasms surgery, Tremor etiology, Tremor physiopathology, Brain Mapping, Carcinoma physiopathology, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Monitoring, Intraoperative methods, Motor Activity physiology, Motor Cortex physiopathology, Oligodendroglioma physiopathology, Supratentorial Neoplasms physiopathology
- Abstract
Six patients with brain tumors within or near the primary motor cortex underwent preoperative functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) and intraoperative cortical mapping, and the accuracy of those techniques for localization of the primary motor cortex and motor function beside the tumor were determined by comparison against neuroanatomical correlates from pre-, intra- and postoperative neurological observations. The location of the primary motor cortex was detected by intraoperative cortical mapping in 5 of 6 cases and by fMRI in all 6 cases. Brain mapping provided equivocal information on the cortical representation of motor territories, and with the technique used in close proximity to the tumor, the motor territories were not detected in all but 1 case. In contrast, the areas controlling motor function in close proximity to the tumor were detected by fMRI in 4 of 6 cases. These data indicate that intraoperative cortical mapping has a low sensitivity for the detection of motor function in the area beside the tumor. Therefore, this technique may not be sufficient to prevent compromise of motor areas during tumor resection., (Copyright 2005 S. Karger AG, Basel.)
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- 2005
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