Monitoring cerebral ischemia during cerebrovascular surgery

Abstract

Patients undergoing intracranial cerebrovascular surgery under general anesthesia are at risk of cerebral ischemia due to the nature of the surgery and/or the underlying cerebrovascular occlusive disease. It is thus imperative to reliably and continuously monitor cerebral perfusion during this type of surgery to timely reverse ischemic processes. The aim of this review is to discuss the techniques currently available for monitoring cerebral ischemia during cerebrovascular surgery with a focus on the advantages and disadvantages of each technique.

Keywords

cerebrovascular surgery / cerebral ischemia / intraoperative monitoring

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Acknowledgments

This work was supported by the Inaugural Anesthesia Department Awards for Seed Funding for Clinically-Oriented Research Projects from the Department of Anesthesia and Perioperative Care, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California (to Dr. Meng). We thank the International Chinese Academy of Anesthesiology (ICAA) for providing resources for our collaborations.

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