Title of article
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Anesthetic management of a patient after functional hemispherectomy using bilateral bispectral index monitoring
Author/Authors
Kira, Shinichiri Beppu Developmental Medicine Rehabilitation Center - Division of Anesthesia, Medical Department, Japan , Okuda, Kentaro Oita University - Faculty of Medicine - Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Japan
From page
627
To page
628
Abstract
We report the use of bilateral bispectral index (BIS) monitoring during the maintenance of general anesthesia in a patient who had previously undergone functional hemispherectomy, and propose bilateral BIS monitoring to ensure the safe conduct of general anesthesia in patients who have had epilepsy surgery.
Keywords
bilateral bispectral index monitoring , epilepsy surgery , medically intractable epilepsy , cerebral blood flow
Journal title
Middle East Journal of Anesthesiology
Journal title
Middle East Journal of Anesthesiology
Record number
2585889
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