title: Muscle relaxants in neurosurgical anaesthesia: a critical appraisal.
abstract: The use of muscle relaxants, considered until recently as common practice in current neurosurgical anaesthesia protocols, becomes increasingly more questionable today. The reasons rely on the evolution of neurosurgery including the advent of new surgical techniques, the evolution of anaesthesia having the benefit of new drugs and devices, and the rationale for using muscle relaxants balanced against their potential side-effects and possible pharmacodynamic alterations in neurosurgical patients.
authors.affiliation: Liege University Hospital, University Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine, CHR de la Citadelle, Liege, Belgium. pol.hans@chu.ulg.ac.be
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Hans
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Bonhomme
mesh_terms: D000768:Anesthesia, General; D006801:Humans; D009466:Neuromuscular Blocking Agents; D019635:Neurosurgical Procedures
chemical_list: D009466:Neuromuscular Blocking Agents