1999
Complications and Expected Outcome of Glioma Surgery
Vives K, Piepmeier J. Complications and Expected Outcome of Glioma Surgery. Journal Of Neuro-Oncology 1999, 42: 289-302. PMID: 10433111, DOI: 10.1023/a:1006163328765.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSurgical resectionKarnofsky performance statusGross total resectionManagement of patientsRisk of complicationsUse of radiotherapyRisk of recurrenceHigh-grade lesionsMaximum safe resectionCareful preoperative planningHigh-grade gliomasLow-grade gliomasPerformance statusExtensive surgeryMajor complicationsProlong survivalTotal resectionNeurologic impairmentGrade lesionsSafe resectionTreatment modalitiesIntraoperative mappingGlioma surgeryIntracerebral gliomasSurvival advantage
1996
Variations in the natural history and survival of patients with supratentorial low-grade astrocytomas.
Piepmeier J, Susan Christopher R, Spencer D, Byrne T, Kim J, Knisel J, Lacy J, Tsukerman L, Makuch R. Variations in the natural history and survival of patients with supratentorial low-grade astrocytomas. Neurosurgery 1996, 38: 872-8; discussion 878-9. PMID: 8727811, DOI: 10.1097/00006123-199605000-00002.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLow-grade astrocytomasGross total resectionChronic epilepsySupratentorial low-grade astrocytomasNatural historyGross total tumor resectionImmediate postoperative radiotherapyExtent of surgerySurvival of patientsTen-year survivalPopulation of patientsUse of radiotherapyRisk of recurrenceHigh-grade lesionsLength of survivalMore malignant tumorsTypes of symptomsAggressive surgeryPostoperative radiotherapyPreoperative symptomsConsecutive patientsBetter prognosisTumor recurrenceTumor resectionMalignant tumors