OBJECTIVES Auditory brainstem implants (ABIs) may be the only opportunity for patients with NF2 to regain some sense of hearing sensation. However, only a very small number of individuals achieved open-set speech understanding and high sentence scores. Suboptimal placement of the ABI electrode array over the cochlear nucleus may be one of main factors for poor auditory performance. In the curre...

Awake craniotomy is the only established way to assess patients' language functions intraoperatively and to contribute to their preservation, if necessary. Recent guidelines have enabled the approach to be used widely, effectively, and safely. Non-invasive brain functional imaging techniques, including functional magnetic resonance imaging and diffusion tensor imaging, have been used preoperati...

The effect of type 1 diabetes on bone healing and bone formation in standardized craniotomy defects created in BALB/cByJ mice was determined. The hypothesis that advanced glycation end products (AGEs) contribute to diminished bone healing in diabetes was evaluated by assessing for the presence of the receptor for advanced glycation end products (RAGE) by immunohistochemistry in healing cranioto...

Abstract AIMS Evaluate how sensori-motor (SM) testing is performed in awake craniotomy (AC) the literature. Compare SM methods and their related outcomes. METHOD Literature search from 1995- 2019 OVID Medline, Embase, PsychInfo, CINAHL Web Of Science using all permutations of MESH terms “brain tumour” “awake craniotomy” “sensory” “motor” “testing”. 11671 articles were screened 28 included based...