Respiratory distress associated with stereotactic irrigation of a brain cyst.
Stereotactic neurosurgery is a procedure that usually requires monitored sedation or general anesthesia. The authors report a case in which stereotactic irrigation of a brain cyst was temporally associated with respiratory distress. Additionally, the stereotactic apparatus limits the anesthesiologist's access to the airway.
Vitkun
S A
SA
Department of Anesthesiology, State University of New York, Stony Brook 11794-8480.
Madden
R L
RL
Zipkin
M
M
Poppers
P J
PJ
D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D003397:Craniopharyngioma / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012131:Respiratory Insufficiency / Q000209:etiology*; D013238:Stereotaxic Techniques / Q000009:adverse effects*; D007507:Therapeutic Irrigation