Intervención psicológica para la neurocirugía con el paciente despierto. Presentación de dos casos Psychological intervention for awake neurosurgery. Presentation of two cases

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psychology, neuropsychology, neurosurgery, awake

Abstract

Neurosurgery with the awake patient is used for the treatment of epilepsies, movement disorders, some vascular surgeries and tumor lesions that are associated with eloquent areas, which allows these areas to be preserved. Objetive: this paper describes the psychological intervention carried out in several sessions with two patients, with a left frontoparietal lesion (Oligodendrioglioma grade II and Meningioma of Convexity, respectively), at the "Hermanos Ameijeiras" Surgical Clinical Hospital. Psychological and neuropsychological evaluation techniques were used, selected according to the characteristics of each case. An evaluation process was carried out to determine that they were psychologically "fit" to face this procedure. In addition, neuropsychological tasks were selected to evaluate the patient during surgery and they were trained for them. Conclusions: this allowed for a successful intraoperative neuropsychological evaluation, helping to preserve the functions linked to the lesion areas, which was corroborated in the postsurgical stage.

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Published

2021-09-11

How to Cite

Solernou Ferrer, A. J., Rodríguez López, G., Cruz Pérez, P., López Arbolay, O., Ortiz Machín, M., & Elizondo Barriel, L. M. (2021). Intervención psicológica para la neurocirugía con el paciente despierto. Presentación de dos casos Psychological intervention for awake neurosurgery. Presentation of two cases. Anales De La Academia De Ciencias De Cuba, 11(3), e961. Retrieved from https://revistaccuba.sld.cu/index.php/revacc/article/view/961

Issue

Vol. 11 No. 3 (2021): septiembre-diciembre

Section

Biomedical sciences

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