Use of the laryngeal mask airway during awake craniotomy for tumor resection.
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.
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Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Management, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, Dallas, TX 75235-9068, USA.
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Landers
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Mickey
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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