Table 1.

Patients overall experience and impression of awake craniotomy.

Patient No.	How was the experience?	What was the worst part in the surgery?	What was the worst part the experience overall?
1	Easier	My mouth very dry and I was thirsty	The intravenous lines insertion, hard waiting for the surgery
2	Easier	Being more awake	Being more awake
3	Easier	Lying on my side	Lying on my side
4	Same	Nothing	Nothing
5	Same	In the end because I lost speech, the beginning was also hard	The needle (local injection)
6	Same	Darkness during the surgery	Darkness during the surgery
7	Same	Feeling cold	The scars after the surgery
8	Easier	Pain in teeth	Nursing issues before the surgery
9	Easier	Scared to move during the surgery	Not improving after the surgery