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Awake Craniotomy in an Adolescent [PDF]
Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, 2001 We present our approach to management of awake craniotomy for epilepsy surgery for an adolescent. The importance of patient selection and preoperative preparation is stressed. Anaesthetic management included regional scalp block and preincisional surgical infiltration of local anaesthetic and light sedation with propofol, fentanyl and midazolam.
R J, McDougall +3 more
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“Awake-awake” or “conscious sedation” for awake craniotomies? [PDF]
Acta Neurochirurgica, 2014 Dear Editor, In a recent review in this journal about patients’ response to awake craniotomy,Milian at al. [5] distinguished between studies using an asleep-awake protocol and those using an awake-awake protocol. We are concerned that the latter term could be misleading and might confuse readers.
Ernil, Hansen, Alexander, Brawanski
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Colombian Journal of Anesthesiology, 2018 Awake craniotomy is mainly used for mapping and resection of lesions in vitally important brain areas where imaging is not sufficiently sensitive. These are most commonly speech and motor areas. The awake approach has become increasingly popular with wider indications due to the advantage of better neurological and other perioperative outcomes ...
Zhang, Kaiying, Gelb, Adrian W
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Case Reports in Anesthesiology, 2020 Anesthesiologists should supply proper sedation and high-quality awakening in awake craniotomy anesthesia. At our institution, we perform an asleep-awake-asleep technique for awake craniotomy anesthesia by using short-acting anesthetic drugs, such as ...
Shunsuke Tachibana +2 more
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A Nationwide Questionnaire Survey on Awake Craniotomy in Japan
Neurologia Medico-Chirurgica, 2022 The number of awake craniotomies is increasing because of its beneficial features. However, not enough information is available regarding the current status of awake craniotomy in Japan. To evaluate the current status of awake craniotomy in institutes, a
Masayoshi KAWATA +11 more
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Journal of Neuroanaesthesiology and Critical Care, 2023 Intraoperative language and sensorimotor function mapping with direct electrical stimulation allows precise identification of functionally important brain regions.
Naeema S. Masohood +5 more
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JA Clinical Reports, 2019 Background The main purposes of awake craniotomy are to minimize postoperative brain dysfunction caused by the surgical procedure and to maximize the tumor resection range.
Shunsuke Tachibana +2 more
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BMC Anesthesiology, 2020 Background Awake craniotomy requires specific sedation procedure in an awake patient who should be able to cooperate during the intraoperative neurological assessment. Currently, limited number of literatures on the application of high-flow nasal cannula
Ping Yi +5 more
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Awake craniotomy in neurosurgery: Shall we do it more often?
Interdisciplinary Neurosurgery, 2020 Background: Awake craniotomy allows intraoperative cortical mapping to prevent injury to the eloquent brain region and minimizes the complications of general anaesthesia.
Abiodun Idowu Okunlola +5 more
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Anaesthesia for awake craniotomy: A retrospective study of 54 cases
Indian Journal of Anaesthesia, 2015 Background and Aims: The anaesthetic challenge of awake craniotomy is to maintain adequate sedation, analgesia, respiratory and haemodynamic stability in an awake patient who should be able to co-operate during intraoperative neurological assessment. The
Navdeep Sokhal +5 more
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