TY - JOUR
T1 - Day surgery awake craniotomy for removing brain tumours
T2 - Technical note describing a simple protocol
AU - Carrabba, G.
AU - Venkatraghavan, L.
AU - Bernstein, Mark
PY - 2008/8
Y1 - 2008/8
N2 - Day surgery awake craniotomy has been recently proposed for patients harbouring supratentorial brain tumours. This technique has been demonstrated to be safe and effective in a large cohort of patients operated by one neurosurgeon at the University of Toronto. The aim of this paper is to present a technical description of the protocol that has been adopted for these patients and a discussion of relevant practical issues which may arise. In particular, patient eligibility criteria are briefly discussed and intra- and post-operative management are presented. Key messages for those who are going to start to perform day surgery awake craniotomies include the preparation of a fast, simple and standardized protocol for the treatment of these patients and cooperation among patients and their care-givers (surgeon, anesthetist, nurses, family members).
AB - Day surgery awake craniotomy has been recently proposed for patients harbouring supratentorial brain tumours. This technique has been demonstrated to be safe and effective in a large cohort of patients operated by one neurosurgeon at the University of Toronto. The aim of this paper is to present a technical description of the protocol that has been adopted for these patients and a discussion of relevant practical issues which may arise. In particular, patient eligibility criteria are briefly discussed and intra- and post-operative management are presented. Key messages for those who are going to start to perform day surgery awake craniotomies include the preparation of a fast, simple and standardized protocol for the treatment of these patients and cooperation among patients and their care-givers (surgeon, anesthetist, nurses, family members).
KW - Awake anaesthesia
KW - Awake craniotomy
KW - Brain mapping
KW - Day surgery
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U2 - 10.1055/s-2008-1073132
DO - 10.1055/s-2008-1073132
M3 - Article
C2 - 18683111
AN - SCOPUS:50849134842
VL - 51
SP - 208
EP - 210
JO - Minimally Invasive Neurosurgery
JF - Minimally Invasive Neurosurgery
SN - 0946-7211
IS - 4
ER -