Open AccessIntra-operative mapping and language protection in glioma
Author(s) -
Shimeng Weng,
Fang Sun,
Lianwang Li,
Xing Fan,
Yinyan Wang,
Tao Jiang
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
chinese medical journal/chinese medical journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.537
H-Index - 63
eISSN - 2542-5641
pISSN - 0366-6999
DOI - 10.1097/cm9.0000000000001751
Subject(s) - glioma , neurosurgery , computer science , function (biology) , protocol (science) , language function , medicine , natural language processing , pathology , radiology , alternative medicine , cancer research , evolutionary biology , biology
The demand for acquiring different languages has increased with increasing globalization. However, knowledge of the modification of the new language in the neural language network remains insufficient. Although many details of language function have been detected based on the awake intra-operative mapping results, the language neural network of the bilingual or multilingual remains unclear, which raises difficulties in clinical practice to preserve patients' full language ability in neurosurgery. In this review, we present a summary of the current findings regarding the structure of the language network and its evolution as the number of acquired languages increased in glioma patients. We then discuss a new insight into the awake intra-operative mapping protocol to reduce surgical risks during the preservation of language function in multilingual patients with glioma.