Neuroanesthesia management of neurosurgery of brain stem tumor requiring neurophysiology monitoring in an iMRI OT setting

Autor: Sabbagh Abdulrahman, Al-Yamany Mahmoud, Bunyan Reem, Takrouri Mohamad, Radwan Sabry
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2009
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Zdroj: Saudi Journal of Anaesthesia, Vol 3, Iss 2, Pp 91-93 (2009)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1658-354X
0975-3125
Popis: This report describes a rare case of ventrally exophytic pontine glioma describing operative and neuroanesthesia management. The combination of intraoperative neuromonitoring was used. It constituted: Brain stem evoked responses/potentials, Motor EP: recording from cranial nerve supplied muscle, and Sensory EP: Medial/tibial. Excision of the tumor was done with intra-operative magnatic resonance imaging (iMRI), which is considered a new modality.
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