Validation of Non-invasive Language Mapping Modalities for Eloquent Tumor Resection: A Pilot Study

Matthew Muir, Rajan Patel, Jeffrey Traylor, Dhiego Chaves de Almeida Bastos, Sarah Prinsloo, Ho Ling Liu, Kyle Noll, Jeffrey Wefel, Sudhakar Tummala, Vinodh Kumar, Sujit Prabhu*

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Abstract

Many studies have established a link between extent of resection and survival in patients with gliomas. Surgeons must optimize the oncofunctional balance by maximizing the extent of resection and minimizing postoperative neurological morbidity. Preoperative functional imaging modalities are important tools for optimizing the oncofunctional balance. Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) and functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) are non-invasive imaging modalities that can be used for preoperative functional language mapping. Scarce data exist evaluating the accuracy of these preoperative modalities for language mapping compared with gold standard intraoperative data in the same cohort. This study compares the accuracy of fMRI and TMS for language mapping compared with intraoperative direct cortical stimulation (DCS). We also identified significant predictors of preoperative functional imaging accuracy, as well as significant predictors of functional outcomes. Evidence from this study could inform clinical judgment as well as provide neuroscientific insight. We used geometric distances to determine copositivity between preoperative data and intraoperative data. Twenty-eight patients were included who underwent both preoperative fMRI and TMS procedures, as well as an awake craniotomy and intraoperative language mapping. We found that TMS shows significantly superior correlation to intraoperative DCS compared with fMRI. TMS also showed significantly higher sensitivity and negative predictive value than specificity and positive predictive value. Poor cognitive baseline was associated with decreased TMS accuracy as well as increased risk for worsened aphasia postoperatively. TMS has emerged as a promising preoperative language mapping tool. Future work should be done to identify the proper role of each imaging modality in a comprehensive, multimodal approach to optimize the oncofunctional balance.

Original languageEnglish
Article number833073
JournalFrontiers in Neuroscience
Volume16
DOIs
StatePublished - 01 03 2022

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Copyright © 2022 Muir, Patel, Traylor, de Almeida Bastos, Prinsloo, Liu, Noll, Wefel, Tummala, Kumar and Prabhu.

Keywords

  • aphasia
  • brain mapping
  • direct cortical stimulation
  • eloquent
  • functional MRI
  • gliomas
  • transcranial magnetic stimulation

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