Initial Experience with Brain Mapping under Awake Craniotomy for Resection of Insular Gliomas of the Dominant Hemisphere

Background & Importance: Insular lobe is located at the depth of sylvian fissure and is hidden by frontal, temporal and parietal lobes in close vicinity of internal capsule and basal ganglia and adjacent to the speech centers in the dominant hemisphere. Thus, radical resection of insular gliomas...

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Main Authors: Mohammad Shirani, Maysam Alimohamadi, Reza Shariat Moharari, Koorosh Karimi Yarandi, Seyed Ebrahim Ketabchi, Abbas Amirjamshidi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Guilan University of Medical Sciences 2016-09-01
Series:Iranian Journal of Neurosurgery
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Online Access:http://irjns.org/browse.php?a_code=A-10-36-1&slc_lang=en&sid=1