Is there a risk of seizures in "preventive" awake surgery for incidental diffuse low-grade gliomas?

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 122, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 1397-1405

  De Oliveira Lima, Guilherme Lucas ^a,b   Duffau, Hugues ^c,d  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO NORTE   (Brazil)

^b Neurosurgical Section   (Brazil)

^c GUI DE CHAULIAC HOSPITAL   (France)

^d HÔPITAL SAINT ELOI   (France)

Author keywords

Awake surgery; Diffuse low grade glioma; Epilepsy; Incidental tumor; Oncology; Outcome

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; BRAIN MAPPING; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; GLIOMA; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROSURGERY; PATHOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK; SEIZURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WAKEFULNESS; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN MAPPING; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; GLIOMA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK; SEIZURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WAKEFULNESS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84938504590     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 19330693     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2014.9.JNS141396     Document Type: Article

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