Alfonso Marhx-Bracho

By Roberto García-Navarrete, Esperanza García Mendoza, Alfonso Marhx-Bracho and Julio Sotelo

Part of the book: Glioma

By Roberto Garcia-Navarrete, Javier Terrazo-Lluch, Alfonso Marhx-Bracho, Ericka León Alvárez, Natael Olvera González, Beatriz Alvárez-Mora, Rosario Aguilar Silva, Cointa Arroyo, Vianey Maceda Morales, Luz María Cordero, Daniel Magos Rodríguez, Sandra Luz Lizarraga-Lopez, Ana Niembro Zúñiga and Juan Alberto Díaz Ponce Medrano

Brain tumor resection in pediatric patients constitutes a real challenge. In order to improve survival and to preserve neurological function, we will further on describe our experience with awake craniotomy and functional mapping for brain tumor resection in pediatric patients. Although our experience with this technique was relatively short, we did not observe complications, and a gross total resection was successfully achieved in all cases. In the postoperative period we did not find any new deficiency in our patients. We observed functional recovery - motor and sensitive aphasia, motor strength improvement in hemiplegic patients, and recovery of neurodevelopmental milestones during follow-up. In our experience, the use of awake craniotomy and brain mapping for brain tumor resection in pediatric patients is truly safe and reliable.

Part of the book: Central Nervous System Tumors