Survey on current cognitive practices within the European Low-Grade Glioma Network: towards a European assessment protocol.
Acta Neurochir (Wien)
; 159(7): 1167-1178, 2017 07.
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ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
The European Low-Grade Glioma network indicated a need to better understand common practices regarding the managing of diffuse low-grade gliomas. This area has experienced great advances in recent years.METHOD:
A general survey on the managing of diffuse low-grade gliomas was answered by 21 centres in 11 European countries. Here we focused on specific questions regarding perioperative and intraoperative cognitive assessments.RESULTS:
More centres referred to the same speech and language therapist and/or neuropsychologist across all assessments; a core of assessment tools was routinely used across centres; fluency tasks were commonly used in the perioperative stages, and object naming during surgery; tasks that tapped on attention, executive functions, visuospatial awareness, calculation and emotions were sparsely administered; preoperative assessments were performed 1 month or 1 week before surgery; timing for postoperative assessments varied; finally, more centres recommended early rehabilitation, whenever needed.CONCLUSIONS:
There is an emerging trend towards following similar practices for the management of low-grade gliomas in Europe. Our results are descriptive and formalise current discussions in our group. Also, they contribute towards the development of a European assessment protocol.Palavras-chave
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Assunto principal:
Complicações Pós-Operatórias
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Neoplasias Encefálicas
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Guias de Prática Clínica como Assunto
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Cognição
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Procedimentos Neurocirúrgicos
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Glioma
Tipo de estudo:
Diagnostic_studies
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Guideline
Limite:
Humans
País como assunto:
Europa
Idioma:
En
Ano de publicação:
2017
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Article