Objectives: Despite the growing use of intraoperative functional mapping in supratentorial
low grade glioma (LGG) surgery, few studies have compared series of patients operated on …

Object. Although a growing number of authors currently advocate surgery to treat low-grade
gliomas, controversy still persists, especially because of the risk of inducing neurological …

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Dural Carotid Cavernous Fistulas (CCFs) can be treated
by transarterial and/or transvenous endovascular techniques. The venous route usually goes …

Serial magnetic resonance images of 27 patients with untreated World Health Organization
grade II oligodendrogliomas or mixed gliomas were reviewed retrospectively to study the …

Objectives: To describe functional recovery after surgical resection of low grade gliomas (LGG)
in eloquent brain areas, and discuss the mechanisms of compensation. Methods: Seventy…

Object. This work is devoted to a 25-year retrospective study of 122 cases of craniopharyngiomas
in adults and children treated and followed by the same neurosurgeon (RVE). In this …

The objective of this study was to evaluate incidence and risk factors of postoperative infections,
with emphasis on antibiotic prophylaxis, in a series of 4578 craniotomies. A prospective …

… van Ek B, Dijkmans BA, Van Dulken H, Mouton RP, Hermans J, van Furth R: Effect of
cloxacillin prophylaxis on the bacterial flora of craniotomy wounds. Scand J Infect Dis 22:345–352, …

¶ Indications of surgical treatment for lesions in the central nervous system depend on the risk
of a definitive neurological deficit, related to the benefit of resection. Detection of eloquent …

Object. The goal of this study was to determine the somatotopical structure—function
relationships of the primary motor cortex in individual patients by using functional magnetic …