Brain tissue relaxation in craniotomy: a modern view of the perennial problem

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Intraoperative relaxation of brain tissue is one of the important factors affecting the quality and successful outcome of neurosurgical interventions. Despite many clinical studies on the problem of brain bulging, many issues remain not fully resolved. First of all, these are safety aspects of the preventive and therapeutic use of various strategies to fight this phenomenon, development of indications for introduction of hyperosmotic solutions, and use of hyperventilation or lifting of the head end of the operating table.

Keywords:

brain relaxation

brain herniation

tight brain

Authors:

Kulikov A.S.

Burdenko National Medical Research Center for Neurosurgery, Moscow, Russia

Kurbasov A.A.

Burdenko Neurosurgical Center, Moscow, Russia

Lubnin A.Yu.

Moscow Regional Research Institute of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Ministry of Health of the Moscow Region, Moscow, Russia, N.N. Burdenko Research Institute of Neurosurgery, Moscow, Russia, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, M.F. Vladimirsky Moscow Regional Research Clinical Institute, Moscow, Russia

RSCI AuthorID: 370609
Scopus AuthorID: 57192157123
ORCID: 0000-0003-2595-5877

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