Table 1.
Clinical characteristics of the patients and distances between mappings by navigated transcranial magnetic stimulation and direct electrical cortical stimulation
| Patient | Age/sex | MT (%) | DES threshold (mA) | Initial symptom | Distance nTMS/DES (mm) | Histology | Resection | TMS complications | DES complications | |
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| 1 | 20/M | 44 | 40 | 5.0 | Seizure | 5.1 | Astrocytoma | Total | No | No |
| 2 | 33/F | 62 | 53 | 6.3 | Headache | 3.68 | Oligoastrocytoma | Subtotal | No | No |
| 3 | 36/M | 61 | 56 | 6.4 | Seizure | 2.56 | Astrocytoma | Total | No | Seizure |
| 4 | 29/M | 62 | 59 | 8.0 | Seizure | 4.52 | Oligoastrocytoma | Biopsy | No | No |
| 5 | 63/M | 87 | 59 | 6.3 | Seizure | 5.27 | Oligoastrocytoma | Biopsy | No | Seizure |
| 6 | 59/M | 62 | 62 | 4.9 | Seizure | 3.98 | Astrocytoma | Subtotal | Headache | No |
Abbreviations: DES, direct electrical cortical stimulation; mA, milliamperes; mm, millimeters; MRI, magnetic resonance imaging; MT, motor threshold; TMS, transcranial magnetic stimulation.