Tumours

This line of research is aimed at investigating the neural bases of spatial disorders in patients undergoing tumour resection.The projects are the result of a collaboration with the surgery equipe at B.go Trento hospital.


People working on these projects


Related Publications

  • Talacchi A, Squintani GM, Emanuele B, Tramontano V, Santini B, Savazzi S. (2013). Intraoperative cortical mapping of visuo-spatial functions in parietal low-grade tumors: changing perspectives of neurophysiological mapping. JNS - Neurosurg Focus. 34(2): E4.
  • Santini B., Talacchi A., Casagrande F., Casartelli M., Savazzi S., Procaccio F., Gerosa M. (2012). Eligibility criteria and psychological profiles in patients candidates for awake craniotomy: A pilot study. Journal of Neurosurgical Anesthesiology. 24(3):209-16.
  • Talacchi A., d’Avella D., Denaro L., Santini B., Meneghelli P., Savazzi S., Gerosa M. (2012). Cognitive outcome as part and parcel of clinical outcome in brain tumor surgery. Journal of Neuro-Oncology. 108(2):327-32.
  • Emanuele B, Santini B, Talacchi A, Gerosa M, Savazzi S. (2012). Pre- and post-operative assessment of visuo-spatial functions in right hemisphere tumour patients: a pilot study. Journal of Neuro-Oncology. 108(2):261-7.
  • Talacchi A, Santini B. Savazzi S, Gerosa M. (2011). Cognitive effects of tumour and surgical treatment in glioma patients. Journal of Neuro-Oncology, 103(3): 541-9.
  • Santini B, Talacchi A, Casagrande F, Sala F, Savazzi S, Marzi CA, Monti A, Capasso R, Miceli G, Casartelli M, Procaccio F, Manganotti P, Tramontano V, Fiaschi A Gerosa M. Intraoprative settings for awake surgery: anaestesiological, neurophysiological and cognitive aspects. Clinical appraisal of methods, classifications and definitions. In: Talacchi A. and Gerosa M. (Editors), Awake surgery and cognitive mapping, Trento: new Magazine, Topics in Medicine. 2009, 15(Sp. Issue 1-2), 115-39.
  • Savazzi S, Marzi CA. From the laboratory to the operating room: visuo-spatial cognition. In: Talacchi A. and Gerosa M. (Editors), Awake surgery and cognitive mapping, Trento: new Magazine, Topics in Medicine. 2009, 15(Sp. Issue 1-2), 183-7.