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CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · J Neuroanaesth Crit Care 2017; 04(04): S19-S23
DOI: 10.4103/2348-0548.199944
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Challenges in paediatric neurosurgery

Pragati Ganjoo
1   Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care, GB Pant Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research, New Delhi, India
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Publication Date:
08 May 2018 (online)

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Abstract

Improvements in technique, knowledge and expertise have brought about rapid advances in the fields of paediatric neurosurgery and anaesthesia, and many procedures limited earlier to adults are now being increasingly attempted in neonates and small children, with good outcomes. This article highlights the challenges faced by the operating team while handling some of the technically complex procedures like awake craniotomy, interventional neuroradiology, minimally invasive neurosurgery, procedures in intraoperative magnetic resonance imaging suites, and neonatal emergencies in the paediatric population.

Keywords

Anaesthesia - awake craniotomy - intraoperative magnetic resonance imaging - neuroendoscopy - paediatric neurosurgery
 

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