Anaesthesia Management for Awake Craniotomy: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Awake craniotomy (AC) renders an expanded role in functional neurosurgery. Yet, evidence for optimal anaesthesia management remains limited. We aimed to summarise the latest clinical evidence of AC anaesthesia management and explore the relationship of AC failures on the used anaesthesia techniques.

Methods

Two authors performed independently a systematic search of English articles in PubMed and EMBASE database 1/2007-12/2015. Search included randomised controlled trials (RCTs), observational trials, and case reports (n>4 cases), which reported anaesthetic approach for AC and at least one of our pre-specified outcomes: intraoperative seizures, hypoxia, arterial hypertension, nausea and vomiting, neurological dysfunction, conversion into general anaesthesia and fai

SUBMITTER: Stevanovic A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4882028 | biostudies-literature | 2016

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature