Ventricular entry and postoperative leptomeningeal metastasis after resection of supratentorial high-grade glioma

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Authors

Christina Abi Faraj

Ian E. McCutcheon

Ben A. Strickland · Medical University of South Carolina

J. Matthew Debnam · Heliophysics

Dima Suki

Heather Lin · Cancer Research And Biostatistics

Salmaan Ahmed · Heliophysics

Barbara J O’Brien

Maria A. Gubbiotti

Abstract

Tumors with EC predict higher LM risk and shorter OS, while VE during resection does not increase LM risk or worsen OS. Surgeons can use VE to maximize resection of supratentorial HGGs without increasing the risk of subsequent LM.

Topics & Keywords

Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment Brain Metastases and Treatment Meningioma and schwannoma management

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: Journal of neurosurgery

DOI: 10.3171/2025.9.jns25526

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