Anesthesia Key

I Stereotactic surgery 1. Introduction     Stereotactic surgery is a neurosurgical technique that makes detailed use of the relationship between the three-dimensional space occupied by intracranial structures or lesions and an extracranial…

H Posterior fossa procedures 1. Introduction     Neuropathology within the posterior fossa may impair control of the airway, respiratory function, cardiovascular function, autonomic function, and consciousness. The major motor and sensory pathways,…

G Epilepsy surgery 1. Introduction     Surgery is recommended for patients with epilepsy when seizure control is intractable to conventional medical treatment. The goal of epilepsy surgery is to remove a focal…

IM, Intramuscular; IV, intravenous. Adapted from Ding Z, White PF. Anesthesia for electroconvulsive therapy. Anesth Analg 2002; 94:1351-1364; White PF. Perioperative Drug Manual. 2nd ed. Philadelphia: Saunders. 2005; Wagner KJ,…

E Craniotomy 1. Introduction     Intracranial masses may be congenital, neoplastic (benign, malignant, or metastatic), infectious (abscess or cyst), or vascular (hematoma or malformation). Most, but not all, anesthetics can be used…

D Cranioplasty 1. Introduction     Cranioplasty can be performed for a bony tumor resulting from traumatic injury (e.g., depressed skull fracture) or, more rarely, from a condition resulting from a congenital malformation…

C Cerebral aneurysm 1. Introduction     Cerebral aneurysms are abnormal, localized dilations of the intracranial arteries. They are classified as berry or saccular, mycotic, traumatic, fusiform, neoplastic, or atherosclerotic. Rupture of a…

B Awake craniotomy 1. Introduction     In a small percentage of patients (those in whom a seizure focus may be suppressed during general anesthesia or may be adjacent to an area of…

A Arteriovenous malformation neurosurgery 1. Introduction