Regional scalp block – the key analgesic element of anesthesia for supratentorial craniotomy

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Abstract

This paper presents the key data on the effectiveness and safety of the regional anesthesia of the scalp, also known as the scalp block, for providing perioperative analgesia for supratentorial craniotomy. The authors describe the technique and its limitations and also trace the implementation of the scalp block method into the routine practice of the largest Russian neurosurgical clinic based on personal experience, results of the own research, and analysis of literature data.

About the authors

Alexander S. Kulikov

Burdenko National Medical Research Center of Neurosurgery

Email: akulikov@nsi.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-2852-6544

старший научный сотрудник

Russian Federation, 4th Tverskaya-Yamskaya, 16, 125047, Moscow

Valentina A. Tere

Burdenko National Medical Research Center of Neurosurgery

Email: valentinary@mail.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0003-4247-8953
Russian Federation, 4th Tverskaya-Yamskaya, 16, 125047, Moscow

Alexander A. Imaev

Burdenko National Medical Research Center of Neurosurgery

Email: aimaev@nsi.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0003-4395-1327

MD, PhD

Russian Federation, 4th Tverskaya-Yamskaya, 16, 125047, Moscow

Andrey Yu. Lubnin

Burdenko National Medical Research Center of Neurosurgery

Author for correspondence.
Email: lubnin@nsi.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0003-2595-5877
Russian Federation, 4th Tverskaya-Yamskaya, 16, 125047, Moscow

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2. Fig. 1. Scalp innervation (by Salalykin [6])

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