Benzodiazepine Sedation and Postoperative Neurological Deficits after Awake Craniotomy for Brain Tumor – An Exploratory Retrospective Cohort Study

Benzodiazepine Sedation and Postoperative Neurological Deficits after Awake Craniotomy for Brain Tumor – An Exploratory Retrospective Cohort Study

An awake craniotomy is a common neurosurgical procedure for excising brain tumor(s) located near or in eloquent areas. The use of benzodiazepine (BZD) for sedation in some patients with neuropathological conditions (e.g., stroke, brain tumors) has been previously linked with re-appearance of neurolo...

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Main Authors: Eric Plitman, Tumul Chowdhury, Gabriel Paquin-Lanthier, Hirokazu Takami, Sudhakar Subramaniam, Kok Weng Leong, Abigail Daniels, Mark Bernstein, Lashmi Venkatraghavan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-04-01
Series:Frontiers in Oncology
Subjects:
benzodiazepine
benzodiazepine sedation
midazolam
awake craniotomy
neurological symptoms
neurological deficits
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fonc.2022.885164/full

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