Awake spine surgery: An eye-opening movement

CONCLUSION: The use of awake spine surgery is beneficial for those who cannot undergo general anesthesia. However, it is limited to patients who can tolerate prone positioning with no central airway (i.e., normal BMI with a healthy airway), have no pre-existing mental health conditions (e.g., anxiety), and require a minimally invasive procedure with a short operating time. Future studies should focus on long-term efficacies of these procedures that provide further insight on the indications and limitations of awake spine surgery.PMID:34084649 | PMC:PMC8168649 | DOI:10.25259/SNI_153_2021

Source: Surgical Neurology International - June 4, 2021 Category: Neurosurgery Authors: Brian Fiani Taylor Reardon Jacob Selvage Alden Dahan Mohamed H El-Farra Philine Endres Taha Taka Yasmine Suliman Alexander Rose Source Type: research