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SNACC Neuroanesthesia Classroom – Week 2

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During week two, the trainee will expand foundational knowledge to craniotomy management for traumatic brain injury and pituitary surgery. The trainee will:

  • Describe common postoperative complications after craniotomy and management
  • Explain the intraoperative concerns and anesthetic management of patients undergoing transsphenoidal pituitary surgery for pituitary tumors
  • Explain the conceptual and practical aspects of administering anesthesia for a basic craniotomy

Craniotomy: concerns and complications

  • Fellows’ and Residents’ Audio Corner – SNACC (Delayed Emergence After a Craniotomy, April 2019)
  • Quiz 31: Reflexes during neurosurgery

Basic OR management of craniotomy

  • Fellows’ and Residents’ Audio Corner – SNACC (Anesthesia for Craniotomy Part 1, March 2021)
  • Intracranial tumor PBLD
  • Article: Comparison of propofol and volatile agents for maintenance of anesthesia during elective craniotomy procedures: systematic review and meta-analysis (PMID 24482247)
  • Expert Audio Corner (March 2016, Scalp Blockade for Postcraniotomy Pain)
  • Quiz 26: Scalp blocks and craniotomy pain
  • Article: “Scalp block” during craniotomy: a classic technique revisited (PMID 20479675)

Hydrocephalus (CSF Diversion)

  • Article: Perioperative management of hydrocephalus (PMID 33456824)

Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)

  • Overview, TBI by Martin Smith
  • TBI PBLD
  • Quiz 43: TBI 101
  • Quiz 46: Concussive Injury
  • Brain Trauma Foundation Guideline (4th edition, 2016)
  • Fellows’ and Residents’ Audio Corner – SNACC (Traumatic Brain Injury, June 2016)
  • Interactive case discussion, Anesthetic management of TBI

Pituitary surgery – Secreting tumors/Non-secreting tumors

  • Pituitary surgery PBLD
  • Quiz 21: Pituitary Disease
  • Quiz 27: Pituitary Apoplexy
  • Article: Anesthesia for transsphenoidal pituitary surgery (PMID 23963232)

Supplementary Reading (SNACC Bibliography Collection) *The Bibliography Collection is currently under maintenance.

  • Brain tumor articles (See D Sharma 2010, CT Wu 2010, AW Gelb 2008, and J Chui 2014)
  • TBI articles
  • Pituitary surgery articles
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