The laryngeal mask airway for awake craniotomy in the pediatric patient: report of three cases.
The anesthetic management of three pediatric patients who underwent awake craniotomy with a combined, continuous intravenous infusion of propofol and alfentanil is described. The Laryngeal Mask Airway was effective in airway management during resection of epileptic foci with intraoperative cortical mapping and neuropsychological (speech) evaluation.
Department of Anesthesiology, University of Texas-Houston Medical School, Houston, TX 77030, USA. carin.a.hagberg@uth.tmc.edu
Carin A
CA
Hagberg
Adrian
A
Gollas
James M
JM
Berry
D000293:Adolescent; D015760:Alfentanil; D019162:Anesthetics, Combined; D018686:Anesthetics, Intravenous; D001921:Brain / Q000601:surgery*; D001931:Brain Mapping; D002648:Child; D003399:Craniotomy; D004827:Epilepsy / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007262:Infusions, Intravenous; D017214:Laryngeal Masks; D015742:Propofol; D014851:Wakefulness
D019162:Anesthetics, Combined; D018686:Anesthetics, Intravenous; D015760:Alfentanil; D015742:Propofol