Monitored anesthesia care and asleep-awake-asleep techniques combined with multiple monitoring for resection of gliomas in eloquent brain areas: a retrospective analysis of 225 patients
Abstract Background Awake craniotomy (AC) has become gold standard in surgical resection of gliomas located in eloquent areas.The conscious sedation techniques in AC include both monitored anesthesia care (MAC) and asleep-awake-asleep (AAA).The choice of optimal anesthetic method depends on the preferences of the surgical team (mainly anesthesiolog