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Risk Stratification by nrTMS Language Mapping

Florian Ringel

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medicine.medical_specialtySurgical approachbusiness.industryLanguage mapping03 medical and health sciencesFunctional integrityFunctional brain0302 clinical medicine030220 oncology & carcinogenesisFunctional anatomyRisk stratificationMedicineRadiologyNeurosurgerybusinessAwake surgery030217 neurology & neurosurgery

description

Resecting language-eloquent brain lesions is a major challenge in neurosurgery since we need to weight the risks of worsening the patients’ functional integrity and achieving a maximum safe resection. Although relevant functional brain structures can be identified intraoperatively by direct cortical mapping during awake surgery, a preoperative identification of functional anatomy is recommended in order to gauge surgical risks, evaluate resectability, plan the surgical approach, and identify potential starting points for intraoperative stimulation mapping.

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2017-01-01
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-54918-7_10