Current Issues in Awake Surgery

Anesthesia Issues in Cardiac Surgery

The principle of anaesthesia for open-heart surgery is based on simplicity, safty and light­plane of anaesthesia. As a result of the special pathophysiology, grave general status, compli­cations threatening these patients during and after the operation and the abundance of medicines available nowadays, it is very important for the anaesthetist to be acquainted with the pathophysiological and ph...

Awake Craniotomy in Glioma Surgery

Current issues in patient safety in surgery: a review

Current surgical safety guidelines and checklists are generic and are not specifically tailored to address patient issues and risk factors in surgical subspecialties. Patient safety in surgical subspecialties should be templated on general patient safety guidelines from other areas of medicine and mental health but include and develop specific processes dedicated for the care of the surgical pa...

Wide Awake Hand Surgery

“Wide Awake Hand Surgery” is a small illustrated technical book written by Donald Lalonde, who is a professor at Dalhousie Medical School in New Brunswick, Canada. Dr. Lalonde has extensive expertise in hand surgery, with many years of experience using local anesthetics with epinephrine in surgery. This book is written in a simple, easy-to-understand manner; as the author states in the preface,...

Future of awake cardiac surgery.

From the Department of Anesthesia, Critical Care, and Pain Relief, Fortis Hospitals, Bangalore, Karnataka 560075, India. Address reprint requests to Murali Chakravarthy, MD, DA, DNP, FIACTA, Fortis Hospitals, Department of Anesthesia, Critical Care, and Pain Relief, Bannerughatta Road, Bangalore, Karnataka 560076, India. E-mail: [email protected] © 2014 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserve...