resection

To say he had a bilateral resection means that the surgeons removed these structures on both hemispheres of the brain.

“While disease effects cannot be ruled out entirely, neurosurgical resections ultimately represent the only opportunity to investigate human synapses,” the authors explain in their paper.

At age 15, Murray was hospitalized for more than two months after his intestines twisted and he required an emergency resection that resulted in post-operative internal bleeding.

The researchers say that, in addition to enabling real-time diagnosis, the platform allows surgeons to determine a patient's prognosis and perform tumor resection to improve patient outcomes.

Overall, preoperative imaging is helpful in determining the amount of tissue resection, or removal, required for patients with symptomatic DLM.