Open AccessNeuroanesthesia management of neurosurgery of brain stem tumor requiring neurophysiology monitoring in an iMRI OT setting
Author(s) -
Abdulrahmam J Sabbagh,
Mahmoud AlYamany,
Reem F. Bunyan,
Mohamad Said Maani Takrouri,
Sabry Mohammed Radwan
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
saudi journal of anaesthesia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.416
H-Index - 24
eISSN - 1658-354X
pISSN - 0975-3125
DOI - 10.4103/1658-354x.57877
Subject(s) - medicine , neurosurgery , intraoperative neurophysiological monitoring , intraoperative mri , magnetic resonance imaging , interventional magnetic resonance imaging , brain tumor , glioma , neuroscience , radiology , surgery , pathology , psychology , cancer research
This report describes a rare case of ventrally exophytic pontine glioma describing operative and neuroanesthesia management. The combination of intraoperative neuromonitoring was used. It constituted: Brain stem evoked responses/potentials, Motor EP: recording from cranial nerve supplied muscle, and Sensory EP: Medial/tibial. Excision of the tumor was done with intra-operative magnatic resonance imaging (iMRI), which is considered a new modality.