Abstract
Surgery for extra-axial infratentorial mass lesions most frequently targets the cerebellopontine angle. Intraoperative neuromonitoring (IOM) focuses on methods allowing for localization of cranial nerves as well as monitoring of cranial nerves, their ascending and descending corticobulbar-pathways, and somatosensory and motor pathways within the brainstem. In large tumors, special care has to be taken for positioning. The sitting position has a high risk for air embolism.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Koht, Sloan, Toleikis’s Monitoring the Nervous System for Anesthesiologists and Other Health Care Professionals |
Subtitle of host publication | Third Edition |
Publisher | Springer International Publishing |
Pages | 495-512 |
Number of pages | 18 |
ISBN (Electronic) | 9783031097195 |
ISBN (Print) | 9783031097188 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 1 Jan 2022 |
Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- BAER
- Cerebello-pontine angle
- Corticobulbar MEP
- EMG
- Infratentorial surgery
- MEP
- SSEP
- Sitting position