The impact of preoperative anxiety on patients undergoing brain surgery: a systematic review
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DOI: 10.1007/s10143-021-01498-1
Abstract: Preoperative anxiety is a common reaction exhibited by up to 80% of patients who are scheduled for surgical procedures and characterized by psychological and physical changes which may affect their perioperative period. Our aim is… read more here.
Keywords: anxiety; review; preoperative anxiety; brain surgery ... See more keywords
Psychotic Symptoms Related to the Prophylactic Use of Levetiracetam After Brain Surgery.
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DOI: 10.1097/mjt.0000000000000940
Abstract: To the Editor: Levetiracetam is a new antiepileptic that is effective as an adjunctive therapy for refractory partial-onset seizures, primary generalized tonic–clonic seizures, myoclonic seizures of juvenile myoclonic epilepsy,1 and the seizure prophylaxis after brain… read more here.
Keywords: patient; levetiracetam; brain surgery; psychotic symptoms ... See more keywords
Brain surgery improves seizure control in children with drug resistant epilepsy, shows study
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DOI: 10.1136/bmj.j4937
Abstract: Children and adolescents with drug resistant epilepsy who undergo surgery are significantly more likely to become free from seizures than those who continue medical therapy alone, a randomised trial has found.1 Young people with epilepsy… read more here.
Keywords: surgery; drug; drug resistant; resistant epilepsy ... See more keywords
Real-time intraoperative ultrasound in brain surgery: neuronavigation and use of contrast-enhanced image fusion.
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DOI: 10.21037/qims.2019.03.06
Abstract: Point-of-care devices for intraoperative imaging represent one of the greatest adjuvant to modern strategies for surgical planning and execution; this is particularly true in neurosurgery given the complexity of the central nervous system and the… read more here.
Keywords: ultrasound brain; real time; time intraoperative; surgery ... See more keywords
Prevention of surgical site infections after brain surgery: the prehistoric period to the present.
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DOI: 10.3171/2019.5.focus19250
Abstract: In this historical vignette, the authors discuss the prevention of surgical site infections (SSIs) after brain surgery from the prehistoric period to the present. Although the mechanism for infection was not fully understood until the… read more here.
Keywords: prevention; brain surgery; period; prehistoric period ... See more keywords
Experience of Using a New Brain Surgery Head Frame and Location Sticker for Treating Spontaneous Intracranial Hematoma
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DOI: 10.3389/fneur.2022.818523
Abstract: Objectives Various stereotactic aspirations have been accepted; however, no standard stereotactic aspiration has been established for the treatment of spontaneous intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH). The authors explored an easy, fast, and effective procedure by using a… read more here.
Keywords: head frame; surgery; brain surgery; frame location ... See more keywords