Awake craniotomy for cortical language mapping and resection of an arteriovenous malformation adjacent to eloquent areas under general anesthesia — A hybrid approach

Surgery of arteriovenous malformation (AVM) is sometimes challenging and carries a high risk of morbidity, especially when the AVM is located in an eloquent area of the brain. Unlike gliomas, awake craniotomy has not been widely used for resection of AVM. The authors present a case of an AVM in the...

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Main Authors: Pree Nimmannitya, Yuzo Terakawa, Taichiro Kawakami, Naohiro Tsuyuguchi, Hidetoshi Sato, Toshiyuki Kawashima, Kenji Ohata
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2015-12-01
Series:Interdisciplinary Neurosurgery
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214751915300220

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