SURG-08. AWAKE-AWAKE-AWAKE CRANIOTOMIES IN GLIOMA SURGERY

Awake Craniotomy in Glioma Surgery

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...

Improvements in brain tumor surgery: the modern history of awake craniotomies.

archaeological records indicate that awake craniot-omies in the form of trephination were successfully practiced long before the advent of general anesthesia. Skulls unearthed in Peru show complete healing in 55% of 214 patients. The possibility has been advanced that coca leaves may have allowed for trephination after cocaine-induced local anesthesia. In many ways, the modern era of awake cran...

Neuropsychological Grounds in the Awake Brain Surgery.

Traditionally, the awake cerebral neurosurgical interventions are carried out when the primary motor areas and the areas involved in language are concerned. This procedure is also known as mapping (Intraoperative Brain Mapping). The intraoperative neuropsychological protocol supposes the setting of a list of steps and tasks that the patient must perform during the surgery, taking into account t...