Patient tolerance of craniotomy performed with the patient under local anesthesia and monitored conscious sedation

Neurosurgery

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 28-36

  Danks, R Andrew ^a,b   Rogers, Malcolm ^a   Aglio, Linda S ^a   Gugino, Lavern D ^a   Black, Peter McL ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b MONASH MEDICAL CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Brain mapping; Brain tumor; Cortical resection; Monitored conscious sedation; Subjective experience

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; BICARBONATE; BUPIVACAINE; DEXAMETHASONE; FENTANYL; FUROSEMIDE; LIDOCAINE; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; MANNITOL; MIDAZOLAM;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CRANIOTOMY; HUMAN; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; OPERATING ROOM; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEDATION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADULT; AFFECT; AGED; ANESTHESIA, LOCAL; CONSCIOUS SEDATION; CRANIOTOMY; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; INTERVIEWS; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 0031937521     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006123-199801000-00006     Document Type: Article

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