Open MRI-guided microsurgery of intracranial tumours. Preliminary experience using a vertical open MRI-scanner. Academic Article uri icon

Overview

abstract

  • OBJECTIVES: A number of different image-guided surgical techniques have been developed during the past decade. None of these methods can provide the surgeon with information about the dynamic changes that occur intra-operatively. The development of open configurated MRI-scanners leads to new perspectives in the intra-operative management and resection control of intracranial tumours. MATERIAL AND METHOD: Using a vertical open 0.5 T MRI-scanner for intra-operative MR image guided neurosurgery, forty-four patients (20 female/24 male) with different intracranial tumours have been operated on since August 1997. The patients ranged in age from 20 to 70 years (mean +/- standard deviation = 47.2 +/- 15.9 ys). RESULTS: In 36 (82%) of 44 patients the tumours were completely removed with the aid of MR image-guidance. In 8 cases (18%) complete removal was not achieved. Postoperatively 6 (14%) of 44 patients developed neurological deficits which were transient in 5 cases (paresis, dysphasia). In these patients the tumours were located in or near eloquent brain areas (sensorimotor cortex/speech center). CONCLUSION: Intra-operative MRI is helpful for navigation as well as determining of tumour margins to achieve a complete and safe resection of intracranial lesions. Complications related to the surgical procedure are reduced and the risk of neurological deterioration due to tumour removal and postoperative complications is minimized. It can be concluded that the intra-operative application of interventional MRI technology may represent a major step foreward in the field of neurosurgery.

publication date

  • January 1, 2000

Research

keywords

  • Brain Neoplasms
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Microsurgery
  • Neurosurgical Procedures

Identity

Scopus Document Identifier

  • 0033954512

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

  • 10.1007/s007010050021

PubMed ID

  • 10795892

Additional Document Info

volume

  • 142

issue

  • 2