Luisa F Figueredo, William J Shelton, Uriel Tagle-Vega, Emiliano Sanchez, Leonardo de Macedo Filho, Andres F Salazar, Renata Murguiondo-Pérez, Santiago Fuentes, Lina Marenco-Hillembrand, Paola Suarez-Meade, Edgar Ordoñez-Rubiano, Diego Gomez Amarillo, Lucas Alverne F Albuquerque, Robson Luis Oliveira de Amorim, Carlos M Vasquez, Matias Baldoncini, Juan Armando Mejia, Claudia Niño, Juan Fernando Ramon, Fernando Hakim, Diego Mendez-Rosito, Jorge Navarro-Bonnet, Alfredo Quiñones-Hinojosa, Joao Paulo Almeida
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: Awake craniotomy (AC) is a valuable technique for surgical interventions in eloquent areas, but its adoption in low- and middle-income countries faces challenges like limited infrastructure, trained personnel shortage, and inadequate funding. This scoping review explores AC techniques in Latin American countries, focusing on patient characteristics, tumor location, symptomatology, and outcomes. METHODS: A scoping review followed PRISMA guidelines, searching five databases in English, Spanish, and Portuguese...
September 12, 2023: Journal of Neuro-oncology