Intraoperative MRI-assisted neuro-port surgery for the resection of cerebral intraparenchymal cavernous malformation.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Intraparenchymal cerebral cavernous malformation is difficult to localize intraoperatively with conventional frameless navigation due to the "brain shift" effect. We conducted this study to evaluate the efficacy and safety of intraoperative magnetic resonance image (iMRI)-assisted neuro-port surgery for the resection of cerebral intraparenchymal cavernous malformation.

Methods

Between April 2016 and December 2017, 54 consecutive patients with intraparenchymal cerebral cavernous malformation who get surgical treatment in our hospital were enrolled into this study. Twenty-one patients were treated using iMRI-assisted neuro-port surgery (experiment group), and 33 patients underwent treatment by conventional microsurgery (control group). The iMRI was used in all cases

SUBMITTER: Zhao M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7398321 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature