Intraoperative electrical stimulation in awake craniotomy: Methodological aspects of current practice

Neurosurgical Focus

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2010, Pages

  Szelényi, Andrea ^a   Bello, Lorenzo ^b   Duffau, Hugues ^c   Fava, Enrica ^b   Feigl, Guenther C ^d   Galanda, Miroslav ^e   Neuloh, Georg ^f   Signorelli, Francesco ^g   Sala, Francesco ^h  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^c UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^e Children University Hospital   (Slovakia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^g UNIVERSITY MAGNA GRAECIA OF CATANZARO   (Italy)

^h UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Awake craniotomy; Brain mapping; Direct cortical stimulation; Low grade glioma surgery

Indexed keywords

BRAIN; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN MAPPING; BRAIN TUMOR; CRANIOTOMY; EFFERENT NERVE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; GLIOMA; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; METHODOLOGY; NERVE TRACT; NEUROSURGERY; PATIENT MONITORING; PEROPERATIVE CARE; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; WAKEFULNESS;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CRANIOTOMY; EFFERENT PATHWAYS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; GLIOMA; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE CARE; LANGUAGE; MONITORING, INTRAOPERATIVE; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEUROSURGERY; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; WAKEFULNESS;

EID: 77949498437     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10920684     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2009.12.FOCUS09237     Document Type: Article

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