title: Awake craniotomy and multilingualism: language testing during anaesthesia for awake craniotomy in a bilingual patient.
abstract: An awake craniotomy for epilepsy surgery is presented where a bilingual patient post-operatively reported temporary aphasia of his first language (Spanish). This case report discusses the potential causes for this clinical presentation and methods to prevent the occurrence of this in future patients undergoing this form of surgery.
authors.affiliation: St. Vincent's Hospital, Melbourne, VIC, Australia. Electronic address: tgcostelloenquiries@gmail.com.
authors.forename: T G
authors.initials: TG
authors.lastname: Costello
mesh_terms: D000758:Anesthesia / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000379:methods*; D001039:Aphasia, Broca / Q000209:etiology; D001921:Brain / Q000601:surgery; D003399:Craniotomy / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000379:methods*; D004827:Epilepsy / Q000601:surgery*; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D064795:Intraoperative Neurophysiological Monitoring / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male; D019303:Multilingualism; D020127:Recovery of Function; D014851:Wakefulness; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Anaesthesia; Aphasia; Epilepsy; Multilingualism; Neuro-anaesthesia