Awake craniotomy for glioma resection: Technical aspects and initial results in a single institution

British Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 836-842

  Trimble, Gillian ^a   McStravick, Clodagh ^a   Farling, Peter ^a   Megaw, Katie ^a   McKinstry, Steven ^a   Smyth, Graham ^a   Law, Gillian ^a   Courtney, Heather ^a   Quigley, Gavin ^a   Flannery, Thomas ^a  

^a ROYAL VICTORIA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

awake craniotomy; neurophysiotherapist; speech and language therapist

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AWAKE CRANIOTOMY; BIOPSY; BRAIN HERNIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONVALESCENCE; CRANIOTOMY; DYSPHASIA; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; GLIOMA; HEMIPARESIS; HUMAN; LIMB WEAKNESS; MALE; PHYSIOTHERAPIST; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; SPEECH AND LANGUAGE ASSESSMENT; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE; TUMOR RECURRENCE; VENOUS CONGESTION; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; INTRAOPERATIVE NEUROPHYSIOLOGICAL MONITORING; LANGUAGE THERAPY; LEARNING CURVE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROSURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROCEDURES; SEIZURES; SPEECH THERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WAKEFULNESS; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BIOPSY; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CRANIOTOMY; FEMALE; GLIOMA; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE NEUROPHYSIOLOGICAL MONITORING; LANGUAGE THERAPY; LEARNING CURVE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SEIZURES; SPEECH THERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WAKEFULNESS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84957849066     PISSN: 02688697     EISSN: 1360046X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/02688697.2015.1054354     Document Type: Article

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