Awake sedation for brain surgery may shorten hospital stay

The recovery time and cost of brain-tumor surgery might be reduced if surgery is performed while patients are awake during part of the procedure, according to a new study. Researchers examined the records of 39 patients treated for glioma to learn if surgeries using conscious sedation had outcomes different from those using general anesthesia. The data suggest that conscious sedation can result in shorter hospital stays and lower the direct cost of treatment.

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