A COMPREHENSIVE SYSTEMATIC REVIEW OF THE EFFECTIVENESS OF REGIONAL SCALP BLOCK IN CRANIOTOMY ON POSTOPERATIVE PAIN AND INTRAOPERATIVE HAEMODYNAMIC RESPONSE
Introduction: Craniotomy is followed by moderate-to-severe surgical-site pain in a majority of patients, yet analgesia in this population is constrained by the need to preserve neurological assessment and to avoid opioid-induced hypercapnia and intracranial hypertension. Skull-pin (Mayfield) fixation, scalp incision, a...