title: Use of the laryngeal mask airway during awake craniotomy for tumor resection.
abstract: There is an increasing trend toward performing craniotomy for primary brain tumor excision with local anesthesia. We report the use of the laryngeal mask airway as a part of an anesthetic technique designed for patients requiring awake cortical mapping during brain tumor excision.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Management, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, Dallas, TX 75235-9068, USA.
authors.forename: W K
authors.initials: WK
authors.lastname: Tongier
authors.forename: G P
authors.initials: GP
authors.lastname: Joshi
authors.forename: D F
authors.initials: DF
authors.lastname: Landers
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Mickey
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000768:Anesthesia, General; D000772:Anesthesia, Local; D001931:Brain Mapping; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D003399:Craniotomy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D017214:Laryngeal Masks; D008297:Male; D016343:Monitoring, Intraoperative; D014851:Wakefulness