====== Near total resection ====== Thin rim of enhancement in resection cavity only. near [[total resection]] (NTR) (<3-mm thin residual fluid-attenuated inversion recovery signal abnormality around the rim of the resection cavity only) ((McGirt MJ, Chaichana KL, Attenello FJ, Weingart JD, Than K, Burger PC, Olivi A, Brem H, QuinoƱes-Hinojosa A. Extent of surgical resection is independently associated with survival in patients with hemispheric infiltrating low-grade gliomas. Neurosurgery. 2008 Oct;63(4):700-7; author reply 707-8. doi: 10.1227/01.NEU.0000325729.41085.73. PubMed PMID: 18981880. )).