Awake Craniotomy for Left Insular Low-Grade Glioma Removal on a Patient with Learning Disabilities
Abstract Introduction Low-grade gliomas (LGG) are slow-growing primary brain tumors in adults, with high tropism for eloquent areas. Standard approach in treatment of LGG is awake craniotomy with intraoperative cortical mapping — a method which is usually used on adult and fully coopera...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Thieme Medical Publishers, Inc.
2017-02-01
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Series: | Indian Journal of Neurosurgery |
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Online Access: | http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.1055/s-0036-1585461 |