Tumor resection
The removal of a tumor.
Optimal resection of tumors in eloquent locations requires a combination of intraoperative imaging and functional monitoring during surgery.
Types
Incomplete resection is a risk factor for decreased survival in gliomas.
Extent of resection
Before the general use of post-operative scanning, intraoperative estimation by the neurosurgeon was used to determine partial resection, subtotal resection, or total resection. The only study that compared this estimation with the presence of residual tumor mass on an MR image, dates back to 1994 1).
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Albert FK, Forsting M, Sartor K, Adams HP, Kunze S (1994) Early
postoperative magnetic resonance imaging after resection of malignant glioma: objective evaluation of residual tumor and its influence
on regrowth and prognosis. Neurosurgery 34:45–60 discussion 60-
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