NCOG-11. NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL OUTCOMES FOLLOWING AWAKE CRANIOTOMY FOR LOW GRADE GLIOMA

Awake Craniotomy in Glioma Surgery

Awake craniotomy versus general anesthesia for managing eloquent cortex low-grade gliomas.

OBJECTIVE To compare awake craniotomy using conscious sedation technique versus conventional general anesthesia (GA) for excision of low-grade glioma encroaching on eloquent brain. METHODS This prospective study included 40 patients ASA classification 1 and 2, aged 23-55 years, harboring low-grade glioma encroaching on eloquent brain. The study was carried out in the Neurosurgical Theatre in ...

Awake craniotomy

From the Department of Neurosurgery (Bajunaid), Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, the Department of Neurosurgery (Ajlan), Stanford University, Stanford, California, United States of America, the Division of Neurosurgery (Bajunaid), Faculty of Medicine, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, and the Division of Neurosurgery (Ajlan), Faculty of...

The Guidelines for Awake Craniotomy

These guidelines are approved by The Japan Neurosurgical Society. The part on anesthetic management is approved by the Japan Society of Anesthesiology and the part on language assessment during awake craniotomy is approved by the Neuropsychology Association of Japan. Copyright of this English version of the Guidelines is reserved by The Japan Neurosurgical Society. Correspondence to: Takamasa K...

Anesthesiologic Management for Awake Craniotomy

Indeed, when dealing with brain lesions located in functional areas, such as sensorimotor, language or vision, neurosurgeons aim at removing the maximum amount of lesion minimizing the risk of producing neurological deficits so as to avoid impairing patient’s quality of life. As a matter of fact, in the span of a few millimetres around the margin of the resection, as well as within the lesion t...