Precentral gyrus resection
Combined judgment from monitoring of intraoperative voluntary movement (IVM) during awake craniotomy and transcortical motor evoked potentials (MEPs) is useful for predicting postoperative motor function during removal of precentral gyrus gliomas. Maximum resection can be achieved with an acceptable morbidity rate. Thus, these tumors should not be considered unresectable 1).
Case series
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Saito T, Muragaki Y, Tamura M, Maruyama T, Nitta M, Tsuzuki S, Fukuchi S,
Ohashi M, Kawamata T. Awake craniotomy with transcortical motor evoked potential
monitoring for resection of gliomas in the precentral gyrus: utility for
predicting motor function. J Neurosurg. 2019 Mar 15:1-11. doi:
10.3171/2018.11.JNS182609. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 30875689.