The experience of patients undergoing awake craniotomy for intracranial masses: Expectations, recall, satisfaction and functional outcome

British Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 391-400

  Manchella, Sankar ^a,b   Khurana, Vini G ^a,b   Duke, David ^a   Brussel, Thomas ^a   French, James ^a   Zuccherelli, Lisa ^a  

^a CANBERRA HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b The Australian National University   (Australia)

Author keywords

Awake craniotomy; brain tumour; cerebrovascular disease; outcome; patient experience

Indexed keywords

CLONIDINE; DEXAMETHASONE; PROPOFOL; REMIFENTANIL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; AWAKE CRANIOTOMY; BRAIN DISEASE; CLAUSTROPHOBIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMPREHENSION; CRANIOTOMY; EXPECTATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS ANESTHESIA; MALE; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; NEUROSURGERY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECALL; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79957601619     PISSN: 02688697     EISSN: 1360046X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/02688697.2011.568640     Document Type: Article

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