Subcortical surgical anatomy of the lateral frontal region: Human white matter dissection and correlations with functional insights provided by intraoperative direct brain stimulation - Laboratory investigation

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 117, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1053-1069

  De Benedictis, Alessandro ^a,b   Sarubbo, Silvio ^c,d   Duffau, Hugues ^e,f  

^a BAMBINO GESÙ CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF INSUBRIA   (Italy)

^c Santa Anna University Hospital   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

^e GUI DE CHAULIAC HOSPITAL   (France)

^f HÔPITAL SAINT ELOI   (France)

Author keywords

Anatomical study; Anatomy; Eloquent area; Frontal lobectomy; Hodotopy; Klingler technique; White matter

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN TUMOR; CASE REPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DISSECTION; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; GLIOMA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MALE; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROSURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBCORTEX; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; WHITE MATTER;

ADULT; BASAL GANGLIA; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CADAVER; CAUDATE NUCLEUS; DEEP BRAIN STIMULATION; DISSECTION; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; GLIOMA; HUMANS; LATERAL VENTRICLES; MALE; MONITORING, INTRAOPERATIVE; MOTOR CORTEX; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; PYRAMIDAL TRACTS; SPEECH DISORDERS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WAKEFULNESS;

EID: 84870927154     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 19330693     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2012.7.JNS12628     Document Type: Article

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