radical resection of a pathological lesion along with the preservation of eloquent cerebral tissue is the principle goal of neurosurgery. brain lesions are usually diagnosed by conventional magnetic resonance imaging (mri), but this method is unable to describe the relationship between lesions and neighboring specific white matter (wm) tracts. diffusion tensor tractograghy (dtt) is a new sophis...

Brain metastases (BMs) are cancer cells that spread to the brain from primary tumors in other organs. Up 35% of adult patients develop BMs. The treatment BM who have well-controlled extracranial disease and a small number lesions consists localized doses radiation (stereotactic radio surgery (SRS)). Estimating prognosis among may allow treatments be chosen balance durability intracranial tumor ...

Abstract Background Retraction is necessary to access deep areas in the brain and skull base, but prolonged forceful use of fixed retraction might be injurious. Several techniques were developed, concept minimally invasive neurosurgery, eliminate or minimize retractors. The authors discuss technical considerations limits applying dynamic surgery for a variety lesions using different approaches....