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CANADIAN JOURNAL OF NEUROLOGICAL SCIENCES
Volume 28, Issue 2, Pages 120-124Publisher
CANADIAN J NEUROL SCI INC
DOI: 10.1017/S0317167100052781
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Background: Since 1991 the author has routinely performed awake craniotomy for intraaxial brain tumors with low complication rate and low resource utilization. In late 1996 a pilot study was initiated to assess the feasibility of performing craniotomy for tumor resection as an outpatient procedure. Methods: A rigorous protocol was developed and adhered to, based around the patient's arrival at hospital at 6:00 a.m, undergoing image-guided awake craniotomy with cortical mapping, and being discharged by 6:00 p.m. Results: During the 48 month period from December 1996 to December 2000, 245 awake craniotomies were performed and of those, 46 patients: were entered into the outpatient craniotomy protocol. Pathology in the 46 intent-to-treat group was: 21 metastasis, 19 glioma, and six miscellaneous. Four patients required conversion to inpatients and one patient was readmitted later the same evening due to headache. Thus 41/46 patients successfully completed the protocol (89%). There were five complications in the 46 intent-to-treat group (10.9%). Conclusions: Outpatient craniotomy for brain tumor is a feasible option which appears safe and effective fur selected patients. Besides being resource-friendly, the procedure may be psychologically less traumatic to patients than standard craniotomy for brain tumor. Proper prospective studies including satisfaction surveys would help resolve these issues and will be the next step.
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