Awake Craniotomy for Left Insular Low-Grade Glioma Removal on a Patient with Learning Disabilities

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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Main Authors: Andrej Vranic, Blaz Koritnik, Jasmina Markovic-Bozic
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Thieme Medical Publishers, Inc. 2017-02-01
Series:Indian Journal of Neurosurgery
Subjects:
low-grade glioma
awake craniotomy
learning disability
Online Access:http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.1055/s-0036-1585461

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