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NEUROSURGICAL REVIEW
Volume 37, Issue 1, Pages 139-145Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s10143-013-0510-x
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Intraoperative magnetic resonance imaging; Cervical glioma; Intramedullary tumor
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Intraoperative magnetic resonance imaging (iopMRI) actually has an important role in the surgery of brain tumors, especially gliomas and pituitary adenomas. The aim of our work was to describe the advantages and drawbacks of this tool for the surgical treatment of cervical intramedullary gliomas. We describe two explicative cases including the setup, positioning, and the complete workflow of the surgical approach with intraoperative imaging. Even if the configuration of iopMRI equipment was originally designed for cranial surgery, we have demonstrated the feasibility of cervical intramedullary glioma resection with the aid of high-field iopMRI. This tool was extremely useful to evaluate the extent of tumor removal and to obtain a higher resection rate, but still need some enhancement in the configuration of the headrest coil and surgical table to allow better patient positioning.
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