Awake neurosurgery: An update

Minerva Anestesiologica

Volumn 74, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 289-292

  Conte, V ^a   Baratta, P ^a   Tomaselli, P ^a   Songa, V ^a   Magni, L ^a   Stocchetti, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Anesthesia; Brain mapping; Brain neoplasms

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ANESTHESIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; BRAIN MAPPING; BRAIN TUMOR; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONSCIOUS SEDATION; CRANIOTOMY; ELECTROSTIMULATION THERAPY; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; NEUROSURGERY; PATIENT SAFETY; PATIENT SELECTION; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RESPIRATION DEPRESSION; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SEIZURE; STRESS; SURGICAL APPROACH; WAKEFULNESS;

ANESTHESIA; BRAIN MAPPING; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CONSCIOUSNESS; CRANIOTOMY; HUMANS; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 47849099760     PISSN: 03759393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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