The history of awake craniotomy for brain tumor and its spread into Asia

Surgical Neurology

Volumn 71, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 621-624

  July, Julius ^a,b   Manninen, Pirjo ^a   Lai, Jacob ^a   Yao, Zhenhai ^a   Bernstein, Mark ^a  

^a TORONTO WESTERN HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b Department of Internal Medicine   (Indonesia)

Author keywords

Asia; Awake craniotomy; Brain tumor; History of neurosurgery

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ANTIQUITY; ARTICLE; ASIA; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN MAPPING; BRAIN TUMOR; CANCER SURGERY; CRANIOTOMY; EPILEPTIC FOCUS; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; WAKEFULNESS;

ANESTHESIA, LOCAL; ASIA; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CRANIOTOMY; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; HISTORY, 17TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL EDUCATIONAL EXCHANGE; NEURONAVIGATION; NEUROSURGERY; TREPHINING; WAKEFULNESS;

EID: 64649092483     PISSN: 00903019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.surneu.2007.12.022     Document Type: Article

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