Use of Propofol for Awake Craniotomy in Epilepsy Surgery

Anesthetic Considerations for awake Craniotomy in Epilepsy Surgery

Awake craniotomy represents an essential option for surgical procedures requiring a patient’s participation in defining the extent of resection. This includes excision of epileptogenic foci, performed in patients with medically refractory epilepsy. Approximately 2 million Americans with a diagnosis of epilepsy are treated with Antiepileptic Drugs (AEDs), of these 20 percent continue to have sei...

Awake Craniotomy in Glioma Surgery

Awake craniotomy anesthetic management using dexmedetomidine, propofol, and remifentanil

INTRODUCTION Awake craniotomy allows continuous monitoring of patients' neurological functions during open surgery. Anesthesiologists have to sedate patients in a way so that they are compliant throughout the whole surgical procedure, nevertheless maintaining adequate analgesia and anxiolysis. Currently, the use of α2-receptor agonist dexmedetomidine as the primary hypnotic-sedative medication ...

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...