title: Attention dysfunction of postoperative patients with glioma.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Attention dysfunction has been observed among many kinds of nervous system diseases, including glioma. This study aimed to investigate the correlation between glioma localization, malignancy, postoperative recovery time and attention deficit.
  
  
  METHODS
  A total of 45 patients with glioma who underwent surgical resection and 18 healthy volunteers were enrolled. The attention network test, digital span test, color trail test II and Stroop test were used to detect the characteristics of attention deficit.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Orientation network dysfunction was detected in the parietal lobe tumor group, and execution network deficit was detected in both the frontal and parietal lobe groups, while no significant difference was detected in the temporal lobe group compared to healthy controls. The high-grade glioma group (grade III-IV) exhibited more serious functional impairment than the low-grade group (grade I-II). No significant correlation was observed between postoperative recovery time and attention impairment.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  High-grade glioma patients suffer more severe attention impairment. In addition, the frontal and parietal lobe glioma patients suffer attention dysfunction in dissimilar manner. These findings will provide important guidance on the care of glioma patients after therapy.
authors.forename: Dazhao
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Fang
authors.forename: Jian
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Jiang
authors.forename: Xiaoyang
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Sun
authors.forename: Weijie
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Nan
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Dong
authors.forename: Xianhua
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Fu
authors.forename: Cong
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Pang
authors.forename: Xingui
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Huai'an First People's Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, 6 Beijing Road West, Huai'an, Jiangsu 223300, P, R, China. dlshu@163.com.
authors.forename: Lianshu
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Ding
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001288:Attention; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000523:psychology / Q000601:surgery*; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D056344:Executive Function; D005260:Female; D005910:Glioma / Q000473:pathology / Q000523:psychology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009949:Orientation; D010296:Parietal Lobe / Q000601:surgery*; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000523:psychology*; D011581:Psychological Tests; D013702:Temporal Lobe / Q000601:surgery*