Anesthesia

Your Article Summary

See Latest Articles

Use of spontaneous ventilation to monitor the effects of posterior fossa surgery in the sitting position
Journal of Clinical Neuroscience, 05/29/09

Pandia MP et al. - The authors describe the successful excision, guided by spontaneous ventilation, of a cervico-medullary hemangioblastoma in a 22-year-old female in the sitting position. A balanced anesthesia technique comprising an oxygen, nitrous oxide, sevoflurane, fentanyl and vecuronium mixture was used. Apart from routine monitors, electroencephalographic spectral entropy monitoring was used to determine the depth of anesthesia and transesophageal echocardiography for detection of venous air embolism. The patient remained in spontaneous ventilation for 235 min during tumor excision. The intraoperative and postoperative course were uneventful. The patient recovered without any major neurological deficit.

Today in Neurosurgery...keeping you current

Receive free subspecialty "5-minute updates" via email

No Association between Intraoperative Hypothermia or Supplemental Protective Drug and Neurologic Outcomes in Patients Undergoing Temporary Clipping during Cerebral Aneurysm Surgery: Findings from the Intraoperative Hypothermia for Aneurysm Surgery Trial
Anesthesiology, 12/04/09

Cerebral Blood Flow, Blood Volume, and Mean Transit Time Responses to Propofol and Indomethacin in Peritumor and Contralateral Brain Regions: Perioperative Perfusion-Weighted Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Patients with Brain Tumors
Anesthesiology, 12/04/09

Long-term cognitive outcome after neurosurgically treated childhood traumatic brain injury
Brain Injury, 11/18/09

 See all of Neurosurgery