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Subcortical motor ischemia can be detected by intraoperative MRI within one hour – a case-control study
Subkortikale Ischämien mit Relevanz für die Motorik sind im intraoperativen MRT innerhalb 1 Stunde nachweisbar – eine Fall-Kontroll-Studie
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Veröffentlicht: | 4. Juni 2021 |
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Objective: To achieve a maximum extent of resection, intraoperative MRI (ioMRI) scan is frequently performed. The present study evaluates the detection and clinical relevance of ischemia by ioMRI in patients with loss of motor evoked potentials (MEP) during glioma resection. Beyond its importance for neuro-oncology, such timewise highly accurate data is especially crucial for investigating early diagnostics of ischemic stroke.
Methods: Of 262 glioma patients between 07/2018 and 01/2020, eight patients (3.1%) showed an amplitude loss of continuous MEP monitoring during resection before the ioMRI scan (group loss of MEP=LOM). In these patients and a matched-pair cohort (MPC) of glioma resections without MEP loss, we performed additional ioMRI sequences including turbo-spin-echo (TSE)- and echo-planar-imaging (EPI)-diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) with according apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) maps and perfusion-weighted imaging (PWI). The clinical outcome was measured preoperatively, 5 days and 3 months after surgery.
Results: The mean±standard time between loss of MEPs and ioMRI was 63.0±8.7 min (range: 40-84). Ischemia within the motor system could be detected by ioMRI in group LOM in 100% EPI-DWIs, 100% EPI-ADCs, 75% TSE-DWIs, 87.5% TSE-ADCs, and 66.7% PWIs. No sequence showed motor ischemia in the MPC group. All patients of group LOM and no patient of group MPC suffered from permanent motor deficit.
Conclusion: Subcortical ischemia can be detected by ioMRI after MEP loss during the resection of motor-eloquent gliomas andwas clinically relevant in all cases. These findings are not only important in glioma surgery but of special interest in early diagnostics of ischemic stroke.