Successful resection of a left insular cavernous angioma using neuronavigation and intraoperative language mapping

Acta Neurochirurgica

Volumn 147, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 205-208

  Duffau, H ^a   Fontaine, D ^b  

^a PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

^b PASTEUR HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Cavernous angioma; Direct electrical stimulations; Functional brain mapping; Image guided surgery; Insula; Language

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; BRAIN MAPPING; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CAVERNOUS HEMANGIOMA; GLIOSIS; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; INSULA; MALE; MORBIDITY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK; SEIZURE; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY;

ADULT; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBRAL CORTEX; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; GLIOSIS; HEMANGIOMA, CAVERNOUS, CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; LANGUAGE DISORDERS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MONITORING, INTRAOPERATIVE; NEURONAVIGATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SEIZURES; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE, TRAUMATIC; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 12944258906     PISSN: 00016268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00701-004-0357-6     Document Type: Article

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