Surg-08. awake-awake-awake craniotomies in glioma surgery

CONCLUSIONS:Dexmedetomidine provides excellent setting for fully awake surgeries. Our experience shows that using dexmedetomidine as sole anaesthetic drug during awake craniotomies sedates moderately, acts anxiolytic and after ceasing infusion enables quick and reliable clinical neurological assessment of patients.

Source: Neuro-Oncology - November 6, 2016 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Schipmann, S., Müller, I., Suero, E. J., Maas, M., Schwake, M., Ewelt, C., Stummer, W. Tags: SURGICAL THERAPY Source Type: research