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ReviewChild's nervous system : ChNS : official journal of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery2016

Intra-operative neurophysiological mapping and monitoring during brain tumour surgery in children: an update.

Angela Coppola, Vincenzo Tramontano, Federica Basaldella, Chiara Arcaro, Giovanna Squintani, Francesco Sala

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Review in Child's nervous system : ChNS : official journal of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers.

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13citing papers in PubMed
3.1field-weighted citation impact, top 9% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

13 citing papers in PubMed, 37 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Intraoperative neurophysiological monitoring in pediatric vascular neurosurgery: a review of the literature and institutional case series.Child's nervous system : ChNS : official journal of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery · 2026
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  3. Awake craniotomy in pediatric low-grade glioma: barriers and future directions.Child's nervous system : ChNS : official journal of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery · 2024
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  4. Sodium fluorescein in pediatric oncological neurosurgery: a pilot study on 50 children.Child's nervous system : ChNS : official journal of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery · 2023
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  7. Essential Management of Pediatric Brain Tumors.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022
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  10. Intraoperative neurophysiology in pediatric supratentorial surgery: experience with 57 cases.Child's nervous system : ChNS : official journal of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery · 2020
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Angela CoppolaPediatric Neurosurgery, Institute of Neurosurgery, University Hospital, Verona, Italy.
Vincenzo TramontanoDivision of Neurology, University Hospital, Verona, Italy.
Federica BasaldellaDivision of Neurology, University Hospital, Verona, Italy.
Chiara ArcaroDivision of Neurology, University Hospital, Verona, Italy.
Giovanna SquintaniDivision of Neurology, University Hospital, Verona, Italy.
Francesco SalaPediatric Neurosurgery, Institute of Neurosurgery, University Hospital, Verona, Italy. francesco.sala@univr.it.
University of Verona · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionOver the past decade, the reluctance to operate in eloquent brain areas has been reconsidered in the light of the advent of new peri-operative functional neuroimaging techniques and new evidence from neuro-oncology. To maximise tumour resection while minimising morbidity should be the goal of brain surgery in children as much as it is in adults, and preservation of brain functions is critical in the light of the increased survival and the expectations in terms of quality of life. DISCUSSION: Intra-operative neurophysiology is the gold standard to localise and preserve brain functions during surgery and is increasingly used in paediatric neurosurgery. Yet, the developing nervous system has peculiar characteristics in terms of anatomical and physiological maturation, and some technical aspects need to be tailored for its use in children, especially in infants. This paper will review the most recent advances in the field of intra-operative neurophysiology (ION) techniques during brain surgery, focussing on those aspects that are relevant to the paediatric neurosurgery practice.

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Brain MappingMonitoring, IntraoperativeBrain NeoplasmsCraniotomyElectroencephalographyElectromyographyEvoked PotentialsHumansMagnetic Resonance ImagingMotor CortexNeurosurgical ProceduresPhotic StimulationChildrenCortical mappingIntraoperative neurophysiologyMotor evoked potentialsNeuromonitoringPaediatric brain tumoursSubcortical mapping

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PMID27659828
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