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Nerve blocks in stereotactic neurosurgery
F Kocuj1, J Epple, Heinrich Polarz
1Department of Anesthesiology, University of Heidelberg, Germany.
Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery
|October 17, 2002
Abstract:
The advantage of performing preoperative nerve blocks of the supraorbital and occipital nerves facilitates frame fixation and the perioperative management of patients in stereotactic neurosurgery, resulting in better patient handling with reduced intraoperative medication and less monitoring by anesthesia personnel.