Identifying functional cortical plasticity after spinal tumour resection using navigated transcranial magnetic stimulation
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Onyiriuka, L
Aliaga-Arias, JM
Patel, S
Khan, A
Ashkan, K
Gullan, R
Bhangoo, R
Ahmed, A
Grahovac, G
Vergani, F
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2025
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Our aim was to investigate the effectiveness of navigated transcranial magnetic stimulation (nTMS) brain mapping to characterise preoperative motor impairment caused by an intradural extramedullary (IDEM) tumour and postoperative cortical functional reorganisation. Preoperative and 1-year follow-up clinical, radiological and nTMS data from a case of thoracic spinal meningioma that underwent surgical resection of the lesion were collected and compared. A 67-year-old patient presented with severe progressive thoracic myelopathy (hypertonic paraparesis, clonus, insensate urinary retention) secondary to an IDEM tumour. Initial nTMS assessment showed bilateral upper limb representation with no positive responses for both lower limbs. He underwent successful surgical resection for his IDEM (meningioma WHO grade 1). At 1-year follow-up, the patient's gait was improved and his bladder function normalised. nTMS documented positive responses for both upper and lower limbs and a decrease in the area (right side: 1.01 vs 0.39cm
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The Annals of The Royal College of Surgeons of England
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107
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6