Atypical Language Dominance in a Right-Handed Patient: An anatomoclinical study with Direct Electrical Stimulation (DES) and functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI) Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Surgical resection of brain tumours near or within the dominant Broca area is still a controversial issue because of the high risk of postoperative linguistic disturbances. Consequently, when resecting tumour tissue in the dominant Broca area, the localisation and preservation of language function is of crucial importance. Intraoperative DES during surgery allows to identify the essential language areas and pathways in a more accurate way than ...