TY - JOUR
T1 - Functional magnetic resonance imaging-controlled neuronavigator-guided brain surgery
T2 - A case report
AU - Morioka, Jun
AU - Nishizaki, Takafumi
AU - Tokumaru, Takehiko
AU - Uesugi, Seiji
AU - Yamashita, Katsuhiro
AU - Ito, Haruhide
AU - Suzuki, Michiyasu
PY - 2001
Y1 - 2001
N2 - The effectiveness of functional magnetic resonance imaging (f-MRI)-controlled and navigator-guided brain surgery for a patient with a recurrent astrocytoma is demonstrated. Preoperative f-MRI was performed in order to identify the motor area and ensure that the tumour was in the left prefrontal area. A more aggressive operation was planned for the recurrent tumour. The f-MRI data were input to the MKM navigation system and during the operation the contours of the tumour and motor area were visualised by the microscope of the navigation system. The tumour and surrounding gliotic brain tissue were removed completely. The diagnosis was a grade III astrocytoma. The combination of the navigation system and f-MRI was useful for preoperative design of the surgical strategy, and tumour orientation during the operation, enabling aggressive surgery to be performed without functional deficits ensuing.
AB - The effectiveness of functional magnetic resonance imaging (f-MRI)-controlled and navigator-guided brain surgery for a patient with a recurrent astrocytoma is demonstrated. Preoperative f-MRI was performed in order to identify the motor area and ensure that the tumour was in the left prefrontal area. A more aggressive operation was planned for the recurrent tumour. The f-MRI data were input to the MKM navigation system and during the operation the contours of the tumour and motor area were visualised by the microscope of the navigation system. The tumour and surrounding gliotic brain tissue were removed completely. The diagnosis was a grade III astrocytoma. The combination of the navigation system and f-MRI was useful for preoperative design of the surgical strategy, and tumour orientation during the operation, enabling aggressive surgery to be performed without functional deficits ensuing.
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U2 - 10.1054/jocn.1999.0748
DO - 10.1054/jocn.1999.0748
M3 - Article
C2 - 11386810
AN - SCOPUS:0035016221
SN - 0967-5868
VL - 8
SP - 283
EP - 285
JO - Journal of Clinical Neuroscience
JF - Journal of Clinical Neuroscience
IS - 3
ER -