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Community Health Partners
Salem El-Zuway is a Neurosurgery provider in Fresno, California. Dr. El-Zuway has been practicing medicine for over 26 years and is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in Awake Craniotomy. His top areas of expertise are Subdural Hematoma, Chronic Subdural Hematoma, Subarachnoid Hemorrhage, Laminectomy, and Awake Craniotomy.
Permanente Medical Group Inc
Mickey Sachdeva is a Pulmonary Medicine specialist and a Hospital Medicine provider in Fresno, California. Dr. Sachdeva and is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in Awake Craniotomy. His top areas of expertise are Coccidioidomycosis, Lung Nodules, Lung Cancer, Awake Craniotomy, and Microdiscectomy.
Community Health Partners
Robert Macdonald is a Neurosurgery provider in Fresno, California. Dr. Macdonald has been practicing medicine for over 40 years and is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in Awake Craniotomy. His top areas of expertise are Stroke, Subdural Hematoma, Chronic Subdural Hematoma, Apoplexy, and Awake Craniotomy.
Summary: The primary purpose of this study is to assess the feasibility, safety and reliability of the use of handheld dynamometry in evaluating intraoperative motor function for patients undergoing awake craniotomy for the resection of brain lesions located within or adjacent to the motor cortex.
Summary: The trial is designed as a multicenter randomized controlled study. 246 patients with presumed Glioblastoma Multiforme in eloquent areas on diagnostic MRI will be selected by the neurosurgeons according the eligibility criteria (see under). After written informed consent is obtained, the patient will be randomized for an awake craniotomy (AC) (+/-123 patients) or craniotomy under general anesthesi...