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Anesthetic management in awake craniotomy

  • FRANCESA ZORZI 1
  • MASSIMILIANO SALTARINI1
  • PAOLO BONASSIN1
  • MARCO VECIL 1
  • PALMA DE ANGELIS1
  • AMATO DE MONTE1

1,Department of Anesthesia and Intensive Care Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Santa Maria della Misericordia Piazzale Santa Maria della Misericordia

DOI: 10.22514/SV31.022008.6 Vol.3,Issue S1,February 2008 pp.28-32

Published: 01 February 2008

*Corresponding Author(s): AMATO DE MONTE E-mail: demonte.amato@aoud.sanita.fvg.it

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Abstract

Resection of brain tumors may cause neurological sequelae, according to the site and size of the brain tissue removed. Awake craniotomy has been proposed as a surgical approach to satisfy criteria of radical surgery while minimizing eloquent brain damage. 

The most critical aspect of awake craniotomy is to maintain adequate patient comfort, analgesia, immobility and cooperation during a long surgical operation, ensuring in the meanwhile the safety, control and maintenance of vital functions. 

Apart from pharmacological, surgical, technical knowledge and skillfulness, the ability to maintain close psycho-emotional contact and support with the patient throughout the operation is a fundamental task that the anesthesiologist has to pursue for the operation to be successfully managed.

This review summarizes the current opinion on anesthetic management of patients undergoing awake craniotomy.

Keywords

anesthesia, awake crani-otomy, brain mapping, brain tumor, neuro-oncology

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FRANCESA ZORZI ,MASSIMILIANO SALTARINI,PAOLO BONASSIN,MARCO VECIL ,PALMA DE ANGELIS,AMATO DE MONTE. Anesthetic management in awake craniotomy. Signa Vitae. 2008. 3(S1);28-32.

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