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) 1).

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McGirt MJ, Chaichana KL, Attenello FJ, Weingart JD, Than K, Burger PC, Olivi A, Brem H, Quinoñes-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.