Title |
Cooling for cerebral protection during brain surgery
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Published in |
Cochrane database of systematic reviews, January 2011
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DOI | 10.1002/14651858.cd006638.pub2 |
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Abstract |
The brain is at risk of ischaemia during a variety of neurosurgical procedures, and this can lead to devastating results. Induced hypothermia is the controlled lowering of core body temperature for therapeutic purposes. This remains the current practice during neurosurgery for the prevention or minimization of ischaemic brain injury. Brain surgery may lead to severe complications due to factors such as requirement for brain retraction, vessel occlusion, and intraoperative haemorrhage. Many anaesthesiologists believe that induced hypothermia is indicated to protect the central nervous system during surgery. Although hypothermia is often used during brain surgery, clinical efficacy has not yet been established. |
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