ABSTRACT:
Awake craniotomy for eloquent area surgery can be managed with different anaesthetic techniques ranging from local anaesthetic with or without intravenous sedation to intermittent general anaesthesia with or without instrumentation of the airway, known as awake—awake—awake, asleep—awake—awake and asleep—awake—asleep craniotomy. We present a case of 34 year old male who was diagnosed to have Right frontal low grade glioma. Tumor resection was planned and decided to perform craniotomy with the patient being awake during the procedure, to allow intraoperative cortical mapping in order to preserve the language and motor functions.
Journal Authors
Dr K.Gunasekaran, Dr D.Ram kumar
Associate professor, Department of Anaesthesiology, Saveetha medical college, Thandalam, Kancheepuram district.
Post graduate, Department of Anaesthesiology, Saveetha medical college, Thandalam, Kancheepuram district