ReviewFunctional neurology
Awake surgery between art and science. Part I: clinical and operative settings.
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7 citing papers in PubMed.
- Separating the forest from the palm trees: Individual variation in a presurgical language mapping task.NeuroImage. Clinical · 2026Article
- Consensus recommendations for clinical functional MRI applied to language mapping.Aperture neuro · 2025Article
- Psychological Characteristics of Patients Undergoing Awake Craniotomy With Dexmedetomidine: A Retrospective Analysis.Neurosurgery practice · 2024Article
- Toward a systematic grading for the selection of patients to undergo awake surgery: identifying suitable predictor variables.Frontiers in human neuroscience · 2024Article
- Intraoperative linguistic performance during awake brain surgery predicts postoperative linguistic deficits.Journal of neuro-oncology · 2018Article
- Language-Eloquent White Matter Pathway Tractography and the Course of Language Function in Glioma Patients.Frontiers in oncology · 2018Article
- Resection of Gliomas with and without Neuropsychological Support during Awake Craniotomy-Effects on Surgery and Clinical Outcome.Frontiers in oncology · 2017Article
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Abstract
Awake surgery requires coordinated teamwork and communication between the surgeon and the anesthesiologist, as he monitors the patient, the neuroradiologist as he interprets the images for intraoperative confirmation, and the neuropsychologist and neurophysiologist as they evaluate in real-time the patient's responses to commands and questions. To improve comparison across published studies on clinical assessment and operative settings in awake surgery, we reviewed the literature, focusing on methodological differences and aims. In complex, interdisciplinary medical care, such differences can affect the outcome and the cost-benefit ratio of the treatment. Standardization of intraoperative mapping and related controversies will be discussed in Part II.
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