Data Collection and Analysis in Brainstem Surgeries

Surgery Clinical Trial

Official title: Data Collection and Analysis of Neuroimaging and Intraoperative Neurophysiological Monitoring (IONM) in Brainstem Surgeries

Status Recruiting

Clinical Trial Summary

The hypothesis is that the structural documentation and analysis of the data of demographics, neuroimaging, IONM and clinical outcomes can help to further standardize the use of such equipment for detecting the integrity of the corticospinal tracts.

We want to confirm that the retrospectively data analysis of neuroimaging, IONM and clinical outcomes does help to understand these methods better in the surgical management of brainstem lesions, and therefore, improve the safety of brainstem surgery.

Clinical Trial Description

This will be a prospective data collection and retrospective data analysis study to investigate the effect of pre- and post-neuroimaging, intraoperative monitoring, and clinical outcome during the surgical management of brainstem lesions in our neurosurgical center. The data of demographics, neuroimaging, IONM and patients' outcomes will be acquired based on the medical records and follow-up visits. All data is stored in the personal file of the clinical information system for each patient. The expected duration of each subject's participation is confined to the surgery itself and the routine visits during the follow-up. The overall study duration is expected to collect all the brainstem surgery in next five years. ;

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Brainstem Lesion
• Intraoperative Neurophysiologic Monitoring
• Surgery

• NCT number: NCT04707053
• Study type: Observational
• Source: Cantonal Hospital of St. Gallen
• Contact: Yang Yang
• Phone: +41779861318
• Email: yang.cne.yang@gmail.com
• Status: Recruiting
• Start date: September 1, 2020
• Completion date: December 2025