General Anesthesia vs. Local Anesthesia in Stereotaxy

Johann Wolfgang Goethe University Hospital1 site in 1 country80 target enrollmentJanuary 2012

ConditionsBrain Lesion, Stereotactic Biopsy

Overview

Phase: Not Applicable
Intervention: Not specified
Conditions: Brain Lesion, Stereotactic Biopsy
Sponsor: Johann Wolfgang Goethe University Hospital
Enrollment: 80
Locations: 1
Primary Endpoint: PTSS-10
Last Updated: 13 years ago

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Overview

Brief Summary

Examination of stress level in general anesthesia in comparison to local anesthesia in stereotactic biopsy

Detailed Description

Stereotactic biopsy is routinely performed under local or general anesthesia. The advantage of local anesthesia might be reduction in cardiac and pulmonal complications, reduction of surgical time, and reduction of hospital stay. On the other hand it has been postulated that intraoperative seizures are avoided by general anesthesia and that brain tumor surgery is perceived in the public as psychological and physical stress.Therefor we postulate that patients undergoing stereotactic biopsies in local anesthesia show a higher stress level than patients operated under general anesthesia.

Registry

clinicaltrials.gov

Start Date

January 2012

End Date

January 2014

Last Updated

13 years ago

Study Type

Interventional

Study Design

Parallel