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  • Title: The importance of brainstem mapping in brainstem surgical anatomy before the fourth ventricle and implication for intraoperative neurophysiological mapping.
    Author: Morota N, Deletis V.
    Journal: Acta Neurochir (Wien); 2006 May; 148(5):499-509; discussion 509. PubMed ID: 16374568.
    Abstract:
    Brain stem mapping (BSM) is an intraoperative neurophysiological procedure to localize cranial motor nuclei on the floor of the fourth ventricle. BSM enables neurosurgeon to understand functional anatomy on the distorted floor of the fourth ventricle, thus, it is emerging as an indispensable tool for challenging brain stem surgery. The authors described the detail of BSM with the special emphasis on its clinical application for the brain stem lesion. Surgical implications based on the result of brains stem mapping would be also informative before planning a brain stem surgery through the floor of fourth ventricle. Despite the recent advancement of MRI to depict the lesion in the brain stem, BSM remains as the only way to provide surgical anatomy in the operative field. BSM could guide a neurosurgeon to the inside of brain stem while preventing direct damage to the cranial motor nuclei on the floor of the fourth ventricle. It is expected that understanding its advantage and limitations would help neurosurgeon to perform safer surgery to the brain stem lesion.
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