Anaesthetic Management of Supratentorial Intracranial Tumours
Brain tumours constitute the majority of neurosurgical conditions that present for elective operations. The nature of the lesions varies from benign tumours like meningiomas and schwannomas to highly malignant tumours like glioblatomas. About 80% of the tumors are located in the supratentorial compa...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
2005-10-01
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| Series: | The Indian Anaesthetists' Forum |
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| Online Access: | http://www.theiaforum.org/Article_Folder/anaesthetic-management-supratentorial-intracranial-tumours.pdf |
| Summary: | Brain tumours constitute the majority of neurosurgical conditions that present for elective operations. The nature of the lesions varies from benign tumours like meningiomas and schwannomas to highly malignant tumours like glioblatomas. About 80% of the tumors are located in the supratentorial compartment and about 20% in the posterior fossa. |
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| ISSN: | 0973-0311 |