Abstract
Anesthesia for Awake Craniotomy for Brain Tumors in an Intraoperative MRI Suite: Challenges and Evidence
Highlights
Awake craniotomy allows for continuous monitoring of neurological functions during the surgery for brain tumors at or near the eloquent areas
We reviewed the available literature for anesthetic management during neurosurgical procedures, which were performed under awake craniotomy with intraoperative magnetic resonance imaging (I-MRI) [1, 2, 8, 11,12,13,14,15,16,17]
Combining awake craniotomy and I-MRI offers the potential to improve the extent of safe resection for lesions located in close proximity to eloquent areas
Summary
This article was designed to provide an opinion based overview of the anesthetic considerations involved in awake craniotomy techniques during I-MRI. It was not designed to be either completely comprehensive in its opinionated overview, nor present new and groundbreaking information, as such opinions should be based on the current evidence. The views presented are based on personal beliefs molded from both personal experience and the available body of literature till predefined date
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