Descriptive Study of the Correlation Between Contrast Enhanced Cranial MRI findings and ...

Dra. Maria Cecilia Ong-Lingan, a resident doctor in the Department of Surgery specifically in neurosurgery has an ongoing research entitled “Descriptive study of the correlation between contrast enhanced cranial MRI findings and intraoperative fluorescein dye enhancement of patients with intracranial mass lesions in a tertiary hospital in Manila”. The objective of her study is to determine if there is significant difference in clinical correlation between contrast-enhanced cranial MRI findings and intraoperative sodium-fluorescein dye enhancement of patients with intracranial mass lesions in a tertiary hospital in Manila. The amount allotted for her research was Php 10,000.00.

Brain tumors despite being rare are becoming global burden due to its high mortality rate especially among low to middle socioeconomic classes, thus affecting patient’s standard quality of life and financial costs. To date, the best option to achieve oncologic cure still largely depends on the extent of surgical resection. Modern technologies such as intraoperative neuroimaging, neuronavigation, electrophysiological neuromonitoring and cortical brain mapping are being utilized for brain tumor surgery.