Language testing during awake "anesthesia" in a bilingual patient with brain lesion adjacent to Wernicke's area.
case_report · Level V
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Abstract
Awake "anesthesia" is the preferable anesthetic approach for neurosurgical procedures that require intraoperative localization of eloquent brain areas. We describe intraoperative inducible selective English aphasia in a bilingual (English and Italian) patient undergoing awake anesthesia for excision of a brain lesion adjacent to Wernicke's area with no postoperative neurological sequelae. We discuss the importance of intraoperative brain mapping and intraoperative language testing in bilingual patients to prevent iatrogenic-related morbidity.
Medical subject headings
- Procedural Sedation
- Language Tests
- Multilingualism
- Temporal Lobe
- Wakefulness