The Awake Craniotomy : A Patient's Experience and A Literature Review

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We present a case report and a literature review of the awake craniotomy procedure for mass resection, with emphasis on the historical aspects, anatomical and surgical considerations, and, uniquely, a patient's experience undergoing this procedure. This procedure is a safe and effective method for lesion resection when working in and around eloquent brain. We have described our process of guiding a patient through an awake craniotomy procedure and detailed the patient's experience in this study. We also conducted a systematic literature review of studies involving awake craniotomy over three years, 2018-2021. Lastly, we compared the methodology used by our institution and the current mostly used methods within the neurosurgical community. Several studies were identified using PubMed and Google Scholar. Awake craniotomy is a safe and effective method of achieving a high rate of resection of lesions located in and around the eloquent cortex with a low degree of postoperative neurological deficit.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:14

Enthalten in:

Cureus - 14(2022), 6 vom: 06. Juni, Seite e26441

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Patchana, Tye [VerfasserIn]
Lopez, Jose A [VerfasserIn]
Majeed, Gohar [VerfasserIn]
Ho, Alison [VerfasserIn]
Alarcon, Tony [VerfasserIn]
Plantak, Natasha [VerfasserIn]
Vu, Peter [VerfasserIn]
Siddiqi, Javed [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Awake brain surgery
Awake craniotomy
Case Reports
Craniotomy while awake
Patient experience
Patient psychology

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Date Revised 03.08.2022

published: Electronic-eCollection

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.7759/cureus.26441

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM344353125