Issn Print: 0163-2108

Publication Date: 2002/03/15


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To earn CME credit, you must read the CME article and complete the quiz on the enclosed form, answering at least 70% of the quiz questions correctly. Select the best answer and place a check mark or an X mark in the corresponding space on the enclosed answer form. Do not fill in the answer box completely. Please indicate any name and address changes directly on the answer form. If your name and address do not appear on the answer form, please print that information in the blank space at the top left of the page. Make a photocopy of the completed answer form for your own files and mail the original answer form in the enclosed postage-paid business reply envelope by March 14, 2003. For more information, call (800) 787-8981.
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LWW designates this educational activity for a maximum of 1.5 hours in category 1 credit toward the AMA's Physician's Recognition Award. Each physician should claim only those hours of credit that he/she actually spent in the educational activity.
1. Studies that have analyzed the effect of radical resection of glioblastoma on survival have been, for the most part, strongly supportive.
True or False?
2. The extent of resection based on the neurosurgeon's estimates at the conclusion of surgery has been shown to be highly reliable.
True or False?
3. Histologic contamination refers to the inadvertent mixing of tissue samples in the operating room.
True or False?
4. Recent data have shown that a 90% resection of a glioblastoma does not result in a statistically significant prolongation of survival.
True or False?
5. The oncologic benefit of a radical resection of a glioblastoma equals a one-log kill of tumor cells.
True or False?
6. Deep location of a tumor mass in the brain is not a contraindication to resection.
True or False?
7. Intraoperative ultrasound is most helpful in localizing a tumor mass because of tumor's hypoechogenicity in comparison to the surrounding brain.
True or False?
8. Somatosensory evoked potential localization of the motor cortex does not require the patient to be awake during surgery.
True or False?
9. Frameless stereotactic image-guided systems do not provide a true assessment of residual tumors.
True or False?
10. An absorbable hemostatic agent should be used routinely to line the cavity wall prior to closure of the dura.
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