Study of Brain Shift During Navigation-Guided Surgery for Brain Tumors and Lesions in Adults

What this Trial Is About

Researchers are investigating the magnitude and type of brain shift that occurs during surgery to the brain and whether its movement can be predicted. Brain shift causes inaccuracy in surgical navigation despite many attempts to calculate and forecast it. The study focuses on patients undergoing surgery for various brain lesions, aiming to better understand this shift and improve navigation accuracy. Participants will undergo navigation-guided surgery where surgeons remove brain lesions and assess brain shift during the operation. The study uses neuronavigation to evaluate the brains surface and internal structures in real time. Although other imaging methods exist, they either disrupt surgery or lack real-time brain tissue visualization. This study specifically assesses brain shift during surgery and compares it with lesion characteristics and patient status after surgery. During the study, surgeons will record brain structure locations intraoperatively. After surgery, researchers will compare these findings with postoperative data including performance status and brain complications. The main measurement is brain shift in millimeters during surgery. Additional monitoring includes assessing patient recovery status and cerebral complications up to one year after surgery. The total participation period varies based on surgery and follow-up assessments.

Intraoperative Brain Shift Calculation Study