Awake craniotomy for excision of brain metastases involving eloquent cortex

Techniques in Neurosurgery

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 85-90

  Tan, T C ^a   Black, P McL ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Awake; Cortical mapping; Craniotomy; Image guided surgery; Metastatic brain tumor

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN MAPPING; BRAIN METASTASIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CRANIOTOMY; FEMALE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HEMIPARESIS; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; MALE; SEDATION; SENSORIMOTOR CORTEX; SPEECH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0035067222     PISSN: 10772855     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00127927-200103000-00010     Document Type: Article

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