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Fifty-nine insular gliomas with at least Berger-Sanai zone I involvement were removed with the new approach, and extent of resection and postoperative neurological outcomes were assessed.<\/jats:p>\n<\/jats:sec>\n<jats:sec>\n<jats:title>RESULTS<\/jats:title>\n<jats:p>Fifty-nine patients were enrolled in the study, including 35 men and 24 women, with a mean (range) age 44.3 (19\u201375) years. According to the Berger-Sanai classification system, the most common tumor was a giant glioma (67.8%), followed by involvement of zones I and IV (18.6%). Twenty-two cases were Ya\u015fargil type 3A\/B, and 37 cases were Ya\u015fargil type 5A\/B. The average angle between the lateral plane of the putamen and sagittal line was 33.53\u00b0, and the average width of the isthmus near the anterior insular point was 33.33 mm. The average angle between the lateral plane of the putamen and the sagittal line was positively correlated with the width of the isthmus near the anterior insular point (r = 0.935, p &lt; 0.0001). The median (interquartile range [IQR]) preoperative tumor volume was 67.82 (57.64\u201392.19) cm<jats:sup>3<\/jats:sup>. Of 39 low-grade gliomas, 26 (66.67%) were totally resected; of 20 high-grade gliomas, 19 (95%) were totally resected. The median (IQR) extent of resection of the whole group was 100% (73.7%\u2013100%). Intraoperative diffusion-weighted imaging showed no cases of middle cerebral artery\u2013 or lenticulostriate artery\u2013related stroke. Extent of insular tumor resection was positively correlated with the angle of the lateral plane of the putamen and sagittal line (r = \u22120.329, p = 0.011) and the width of the isthmus near the anterior insular point (r = \u22120.267, p = 0.041). At 3 months postoperatively, muscle strength grade exceeded 4 in all cases, and all patients exhibited essentially normal speech. The median (IQR) Karnofsky performance score at 3 months after surgery was 90 (80\u201390).<\/jats:p>\n<\/jats:sec>\n<jats:sec>\n<jats:title>CONCLUSIONS<\/jats:title>\n<jats:p>The transfrontal isthmus approach changes the working angle from lateral-medial to anterior-posterior, allowing for maximal safe removal of insular gliomas.<\/jats:p>\n<\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.3171\/2022.8.jns22923","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2022,11,18]],"date-time":"2022-11-18T12:19:37Z","timestamp":1668773977000},"page":"20-28","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":8,"title":["The transfrontal isthmus approach for insular glioma surgery"],"prefix":"10.3171","volume":"139","author":[{"given":"Guo-Chen","family":"Sun","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Neurosurgery, The First Medical Center of PLA General Hospital, Beijing, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Xu-Jun","family":"Shu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Neurosurgery, The First Medical Center of PLA General Hospital, Beijing, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Xiao-Que","family":"Zheng","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Neurosurgery, The First Medical Center of PLA General Hospital, Beijing, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Xiao-Dong","family":"Ma","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Neurosurgery, The First Medical Center of PLA General Hospital, Beijing, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Gang","family":"Cheng","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Neurosurgery, The First Medical Center of PLA General Hospital, Beijing, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Jia-Lin","family":"Liu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Neurosurgery, The First Medical Center of PLA General Hospital, Beijing, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Ling","family":"Chen","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Neurosurgery, The First Medical Center of PLA General Hospital, Beijing, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Jian-Ning","family":"Zhang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Neurosurgery, The First Medical Center of PLA General Hospital, Beijing, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"1754","reference":[{"issue":"1","key":"b1","series-title":"J Neurosurg","first-page":"9","article-title":"Insular glioma surgery: an evolution of thought and practice","volume":"130","author":"Hervey-Jumper SL","year":"2019","unstructured":"Hervey-Jumper SL, Berger MS. 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