Factors affecting the extent of resection and neurological outcomes following transopercular resection of insular gliomas.

Background: Surgical resection of insular gliomas is a challenge. TO resection is considered more versatile and has lower risk of vascular damage. In this study, we aimed to understand the factors that affect resection rates, ischemic changes and neurological outcomes and studied the utility of IONM in patients who underwent TO resection for IGs.

Tumor location and neurocognitive function-Unravelling the association and identifying relevant anatomical substrates in intra-axial brain tumors.

Background: Neurocognitive function is a key outcome indicator of therapy in brain tumors. Understanding the underlying anatomical substrates involved in domain function and the pathophysiological basis of dysfunction can help ameliorate the effects of therapy and tailor directed rehabilitative strategies.

Methods: Hundred adult diffuse gliomas were co-registered onto a common demographic-specific brain template to create tumor localization maps.

Unleashing the Mystery of a Treated Case of Medulloblastoma.

Medulloblastoma (MB) is the most common malignant brain tumor in children. Despite advancement in treatment modalities, recurrence remains common, even among those treated with a combination of neurosurgery, craniospinal irradiation, and chemotherapy. The diagnosis of recurrence is usually not difficult in these cases.

Comparison of outcomes of free-hand 2-dimensional ultrasound-guided versus navigated 3-dimensional ultrasound-guided biopsy for supratentorial tumours: a single-institution experience with 125 cases.

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the relative utility and benefits of free-hand 2-dimensional intraoperative ultrasound (FUS) and navigated 3-dimensional intraoperative ultrasound (NUS) as ultrasound-guided biopsy (USGB) techniques for supratentorial lesions.

Methods: All patients who underwent USGB for suspected supratentorial tumours from January 2008 to December 2017 were retrospectively analyzed. The charts and electronic medical records of these patients were studied.

Usefulness of three-dimensional navigable intraoperative ultrasound in resection of brain tumors with a special emphasis on malignant gliomas.

Background: Intraoperative imaging is increasingly being used in resection of brain tumors. Navigable three-dimensional (3D)-ultrasound is a novel tool for planning and guiding such resections. We review our experience with this system and analyze our initial results, especially with respect to malignant gliomas.

Surgery for recurrent malignant gliomas: feasibility and perioperative outcomes.

Background: Surgery for recurrent gliomas is often undertaken in select cases. Equivocal oncological outcomes of such surgeries are responsible for much of the controversy surrounding its role. Adding to the dilemma is the perceived increased morbidity associated with redo surgeries.

Perioperative outcomes following surgery for brain tumors: Objective assessment and risk factor evaluation.

Background: Perioperative outcomes following surgery for brain tumors are an important indicator of the safety as well as efficacy of surgical intervention. Perioperative morbidity not only has implications on direct patient care, but also serves as an indicator of the quality of care provided, and enables objective documentation, for comparision in various clinical trials. We document our experience at a tertiary care referral, a dedicated neuro-oncology center in India.

Indigenous customized sponge shunt for a recurrent brainstem cyst.

Background: Various treatment modalities are available for treatment of cystic lesions of the brainstem. However, cyst refilling and recurrences are very common. This article describes a young boy who presented with an intra-axial brainstem cyst following radiation for a pilocytic astrocytoma.

Primary CNS hemangiopericytoma presenting as an intraparenchymal mass--case report and review of literature.

Hemangiopericytomas (HPC) are rare, aggressive tumours that mostly involve the musculoskeletal system. They account for less than 1% of intracranial tumours. Intracranially, they are predominantly meningeal based and are thought to arise from the spindle cells (pericytes) in the vicinity of the blood vessels.