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. 2022 Nov 18;92(2):225–240. doi: 10.1227/neu.0000000000002224

TABLE 1.

Summary of Studies Characteristics

Study Protocol Mean AC operation time (min) Follow-up Total patient number Mean age (y) range at the surgery Lesion type
AC GA Tumor Epilepsy (%) Other (%)
Glioma (HGG/LGG) (%) Other
Whittle et al48 Asleep-awake-asleep or asleep-awake-awake 62 (range, 10-105; awake phase) NS 15 45 (25-67) NA NS NS 0 0
Hol et al49 NS 275 ± 56 SD NS 40 44 48 NS NS 0 0
Klimek et al50 NS 275 ± 56 SD NS 40 48 44 NS NS 0 0
Goebel et al51 Awake-awake-awake NS Yes—3-7 d 25 46 (23-71) NA 0 25 (100) 0 0
Santini et al52 NS NS NS 21 NS (25-76) NA 21 (13/8) (100) 0 0 0
Santini et al53 NS NS Yes—3-6 mo 22 NS NA 22 (8/14) (100) 0 0 0
Milian et al54 Awake-awake-awake 360.0 ± 108.2 (range, 210-634) Yes—4 wks for 3 patients 16 38 (28-55) NA 15 (8/7) (93.8) 0 1 (6.25) 0
Beez et al55 Asleep-awake-asleep and asleep-awake-awake 76 (20-137; awake phase) No 105 46 (18-76) NA 105 (0/105) (100) 0 0 0
Zemmoura et al32 Hypnosis/asleep-awake-asleep for 6 patients who did not tolerate hypnosis NS Yes—NS 37 41 (18-67) NA 37 (0/28) (100) 0 0 0
Joswig et al56 Sedated-awake-asleep 205 (range, 90-300) Yes—7-25 mo variable 22 50 (17-72)a NA 16 (10/6) (72.8) 0 0 6 (27.3)
Goettel et al57 Awake-awake-awake 121 (109-142 IQR) NS 48 57 (27-88) NA 23 (47.9) 16 (33.3) 0 9 (18.8)
Riquin et al58 Hypnosis/asleep-awake NS Yes—3 and 6 mo 7 NS (8-16) NA NS NS NS NS
Wu et al59 NS NS NS 38 40 NA NS NS NS NS
Ruis et al5 Awake-awake-awake NS No 70 53 (18-81) NA 70 (36/34) (100) 0 0 0
van Ark et al60 Asleep-awake-asleep NS No 272 NS NS 80 (29.4) 161 (59.2) 0 31 (11.4)
Hejrati et al61 Awake-awake-asleep NS Yes—3 mo 20 56 (20-72) NA NS NS NS NS
Cathey et al62 NS NS No 31 60 NA 15 (12/3) (28.4) 12 (38.7) 0 0
Huguet et al63 Asleep-awake-asleep NS Yes—3, 6, and 12 mo 17 15 (9-18) NA NS NS NS NS
Colgan et al64 Asleep-awake-asleep NS Yes—2 wks 14 44 (27-83) NA 10 (7/3) (71.4) 2 (14.3) 2 (14.3) 0
Staub-Bartelt et al65 NS NS No 54 55 (29-81) 59 (40-83) AC 31 (57.4) 4 AC (7.4) 0 0
GA 14 (25.9) 5 GA (9.26)
Kamata et al66 Asleep-awake-?b NS No 405 PA 34, NPA 40 NA NS NS NS NS
Bakhshi et al67 NS NS Yes—NS 96 42 44 ± 12 AC 37 (29/8) (38.5) 0 0 0
GA 59 (34/25) (61.5)
Stalnacke et al68 Asleep-awake-awake NS Yes—3-13 mo 7 51 (39-71) NA 7 (100) 0 0 0
Rahmani et al43 Asleep-awake-asleep NS Yes—1 mo and 6 mo 28 39 NA 28 (28/0) (100) 0 0 0

AC, awake craniotomy; GA, general anesthesia; HGG, high-grade glioma; LGG, low-grade glioma; NA, not applicable; NS, not specified.

a

This study reported an age range 17-72 years, which overlaps with the children's range determined in this review; however, because the mean age reported was 50 years, it was considered an adult study.

b

This study did not specify the full protocol.