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Awake brain surgery in children-review of the literature and state-of-the-art.

Laura-Nanna LohkampCarmine MottoleseAlexandru SzathmariLudivine HuguetPierre-Aurelien BeuriatIrène ChristoforiMichel DesmurgetFederico Di Rocco
Published in: Child's nervous system : ChNS : official journal of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery (2019)
Despite well-documented beneficial aspects, ABS remains mainly limited to adults. This review confirms a reliable tolerability of ABS in selected children; however, recommendations and guidelines for its standardized implementation in this patient group are pending. Recommendations and guidelines may address diagnostic workup and intra-operative handling besides criteria of eligibility, psychological preparation, and coordinated neuropsychological testing in order to routinely offer ABS to children.
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