Awake craniotomy for tumor resection
A 56-year-old female patient with weighing 46 kg with left-sided body hyposthesia since last 3 months was operated under craniotomy for brain tumor resection. Anatomical location was in the right parietal lobe. On perioperative evaluation, airway was normal, mallampati was class I, and neck movement was within normal limits and didn’t have any abnormal anatomical picture and no movement restriction in jaw joints. Heart and lung examination were normal. Patient GCS (Glasgow Coma Scale) was 15/15 and examination of cranial nerves was normal. Laboratory studies, including CBC (complete blood count), BUN (Blood Urea Nitrogen), Cr, Na, K, BS, PT (Prothrombin time), PTT (Partial thromboplastin time), INR (International Normalized. Ratio), were normal and her blood group was A+. Any abnormality couldn’t be seen on the chest radiography.