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Awake craniotomy for glioblastoma in a 9-year-old
child
Klimek M, Verbrugge SJ, Roubos S, van der Most E, Vincent AJ, Klein J
Department of Anaesthesiology, Erasmus MC, University Medical
Centre, Dr Molewaterplein 40, 3015 GD Rotterdam, the Netherlands.
We report the pre-operative preparation and anaesthetic management for resection
of an intracerebral tumour during awake craniotomy in a 9-year-old boy.
We believe this is the youngest patient reported to have undergone this
procedure.
The challenges of sedation and psychological care throughout the procedure are
discussed.
We conclude that the procedure can be performed safely and that it seems
unacceptable to uphold an age restriction.
We believe that it is the individual level of development of the child that
determines suitability for this type of surgery.
PMID: 15144303 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
Source: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=15144303
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