Total Intravenous Anesthesia in Patients Undergoing Craniotomy

Summary

Craniotomy presents true anesthetic challenges, mainly due to the need to optimize cerebral perfusion, facilitate brain relaxation, achieve rapid emergence for neurologic assessment, and minimize perioperative complications.

Timeline

Start

2025-08-10

Primary completion

2026-08

Completion

2027-04

Publications

• Background Ali AR, El Ghoneimy MN. Dexmedetomidine versus fentanyl as adjuvant to propofol: comparative study in children undergoing extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy. Eur J Anaesthesiol. 2010 Dec;27(12):1058-64. doi: 10.1097/EJA.0b013e32833e6e2d.
• Background Telci L, Esen F, Akcora D, Erden T, Canbolat AT, Akpir K. Evaluation of effects of magnesium sulphate in reducing intraoperative anaesthetic requirements. Br J Anaesth. 2002 Oct;89(4):594-8. doi: 10.1093/bja/aef238.
• Background Chandar Chinnarasan V, Bidkar PU, Swaminathan S, Mani M, Vairappan B, Chatterjee P, Joy JJ, Dey A, Ramadurai R, Gunasekaran A. Comparison of dexmedetomidine versus fentanyl-based total intravenous anesthesia technique on the requirement of propofol, brain relaxation, intracranial pressure, neuronal injury, and hemodynamic parameters in patients with acute traumatic subdural hematoma undergoing emergency craniotomy: A randomized controlled trial. Surg Neurol Int. 2024 Dec 13;15:462. doi: 10.25259/SNI_892_2024. eCollection 2024.
• Background Preethi J, Bidkar PU, Cherian A, Dey A, Srinivasan S, Adinarayanan S, Ramesh AS. Comparison of total intravenous anesthesia vs. inhalational anesthesia on brain relaxation, intracranial pressure, and hemodynamics in patients with acute subdural hematoma undergoing emergency craniotomy: a randomized control trial. Eur J Trauma Emerg Surg. 2021 Jun;47(3):831-837. doi: 10.1007/s00068-019-01249-4. Epub 2019 Oct 29.

Drugs

Indications

No indication recorded.