The challenge of overcoming the language barrier for brain tumor awake surgery in migrants: a feasibility study in five patient cases.

Objective: To assess the feasibility of awake surgery for a brain tumor in a population of non-French-speaking migrants in Paris, France.

Methods: The Lariboisière database of awake surgeries was retrospectively reviewed, from the first case in 2011 up to July 2018. Inclusion criteria were patients being migrated in France during their adulthood, patients being unable to speak neither French nor English.