ArticleCurrent oncology (Toronto, Ont.)2023
Continuous Real-Time Neuropsychological Testing during Resection Phase in Left and Right Prefrontal Brain Tumors.
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- Intraoperative mapping and preservation of executive functions in awake craniotomy: a systematic review.Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology · 2024Pooled it
- An update on tests used for intraoperative monitoring of cognition during awake craniotomy.Acta neurochirurgica · 2024Pooled it
- Intraoperative mapping of the right hemisphere: a systematic review of protocols that evaluate cognitive and social cognitive functions.Frontiers in psychology · 2024Pooled it
- Conducting Performance-Assisted Resections in the Right Temporo-Insular Cortex: A Real-Time Neuropsychological Testing (RTNT) Protocol.Brain sciences · 2025Article
- Cognitive Profiles and Determinants of Eligibility for Awake Surgery in Non-Dominant Hemisphere Gliomas: A Narrative Review.Brain and behavior · 2025Review
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- Feasibility of intraoperative neuromonitoring and cortical/subcortical mapping in patients with cerebral lesions of highly functional localizations-pathway to case adapted monitoring and mapping procedures.Frontiers in oncology · 2023Article
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Abstract
backgroundExecutive functions are multi-component and are based on large-scale brain networks. For patients undergoing brain surgery in the prefrontal cortex, resection in the anterior prefrontal sites is assisted by continuous monitoring of their performance on several tasks measuring components of executive functions. In this study, we did not test patients during direct cortical stimulation, but during resection itself. We chose tests routinely used to assess executive functions and included them in a protocol for left (LH) and right (RH) hemisphere prefrontal resections. This protocol is meant to be used during real-time neuropsychological testing (RTNT)-an already established monitoring technique.
methodsWe retrospectively reviewed a consecutive series of 29 adult patients with glioma in the superior and middle frontal areas who performed the RTNT sequence throughout the resection phase. The testing protocol comprised 10 tests for LH frontal resections and 9 tests for RH frontal resections.
resultsRH patients showed a median performance on RTNT with significantly lower scores for visuo-spatial attention and emotion processing (95% Confidence Interval Lower bound of 66.55 and 82.57, respectively, χ2 (7) = 32.8,
conclusionsFrontal RTNT offers continuous and reliable feedback on the patients' cognitive status during resection in frontal areas.
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