MRI for Surgical Planning/Intraoperative MRI
Akira Matsumura1, Yosuke Masuda1, Hiroyoshi Akutsu1, Masahide Matsuda1, Eiichi Ishikawa1, Ai Muroi1, Tomohiko Masumoto2, and Tetsuya Yamamoto1

1Department of Neurosurgery, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan, 2Department of Diagnostic Radiology, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan

Synopsis

Usefullness of intraoperative MRI foe gloma surgery, Akira Matsumura et al.

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At University of Tsukuba hospital, total navigation system “VISIUS Surgical Theatre” including 1.5 Tesla movable intraoperative MRI (i-MRI) has been installed and have been using from January, 2013 for 213 cases. The main usage is glioma surgery with craniotomy, trans-nasal pituitary, chordoma, meningioma surgery and deep brain stimulation catheter insertion surgery. The brain shift after craniotomy is one of the major obstacle in defining the real border of the tumor and if only image guided navigation for the preoperative MRI has been used, there will be insufficient tumor removal in the deeper region. The usage of dual i-MRI and 5-ALA may improve the reliability of the gross total removal (Eyüpoglu IY et al., 2012). The injury of the fibers, especially motor and language fibers reduce the quality of life after surgery and brain shift may lead to the misleading localization and this could be also overcome by using i-MRI (Kuhnt D, 2012) In our institution, for glioblastoma surgery, the usage of i-MRI increased the rate of gross total removal and also contributed to the elongation of median survival. This fact is also proven by RCT (Senft C, 2011) and systemic review (Kubben PL, 2011).

Acknowledgements

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