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Anaesthesia Management for Awake Craniotomy

Dr Kareem Hussein1†, Dr Michael Moore2

1Neuro-anaesthesia Fellow, Beaumont Hospital, Dublin, Ireland

2Consultant Anaesthetist, Beaumont Hospital, Dublin, Ireland

Edited by: Dr Mae Yap, Consultant Neuroanaesthetist, University of California San Francisco, USA; Dr ClaraPoon, Head, Neuroanaesthesia Division, Queen Mary Hospital, University of Hong Kong

†Corresponding author email: kareemhussein@outlook.ie

Published November 1, 2022

Abstract

This tutorial covers management of anaesthesia for patient undergoing awake craniotomy including indications and contraindications, theatre preparation, the different anaesthetic techniques, local anaesthesia of the scalp and managing adverse events during the procedure.

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