Surgery for low-grade glioma infiltrating the central cerebral region: Location as a predictive factor for neurological deficit, epileptological outcome, and quality of life

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 119, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 318-323

  Schucht, Philippe ^a   Ghareeb, Fadi ^b   Duffau, Hugues ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b Prince Sultan Military Medical City   (Saudi Arabia)

^c GUI DE CHAULIAC HOSPITAL   (France)

^d Montpellier University Medical Center   (France)

Author keywords

Central region; Epilepsy; Intractable epilepsy; Low grade glioma; Oncology; Quality of life; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SIZE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GLIOMA; HUMAN; INTRACTABLE EPILEPSY; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIMARY MOTOR CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RETURN TO WORK;

ADULT; AGED; BRAIN MAPPING; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CEREBRAL CORTEX; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; GLIOMA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; PARESIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SENSATION DISORDERS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84881158866     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 19330693     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2013.5.JNS122235     Document Type: Article

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