Identification of risk factors for poor language outcome in surgical resection of glioma involving the arcuate fasciculus: an observational study.

ABSTRACT: The arcuate fasciculus is a critical component of the neural substrate of human language function. Surgical resection of glioma adjacent to the arcuate fasciculus likely damages this region. In this study, we evaluated the outcome of surgical resection of glioma adjacent to the arcuate fasciculus under the guidance of magnetic resonance imaging and diffusion tensor imaging, and we aimed to identify the risk factors for postoperative linguistic deficit. In total, 54 patients with primary glioma adjacent to the arcuate fasciculus were included in this observational study. These patients comprised 38 men and 16 women (aged 43 ± 11 years). All patients underwent surgical resenction of glioma under the guidance of magnetic resonance imaging and diffusion tensor imaging. Intraoperative images we

SUBMITTER: Li FY 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7896210 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature