Rajeev Damodaran Sarojini1, Nimitha Malathy Thulaseedharan2, Jayakumar Christhudas3
BACKGROUND
Major neurosurgical procedures are to be well planned prior to surgery. For
Preventing the mortality a morbidity, preparedness preoperatively is essential for
smooth conduct of the prolonged neurosurgical procedures. Both anaesthesia and
surgery may carry inadvertent risks to patients. Study of the demographic factors
like age, sex, associated disease (in the form of ASA-PS stratification) and type of
surgery are useful in this direction.
METHODS
It is a small group cross sectional study. Major neurosurgical elective procedures
are very limited even in tertiary medical centres. Demographic factors are elicited
preoperatively in the patients. Since these patients were posted electively for
major neurosurgeries, their mentation is usually stable, with good Glascow coma
scale scores.
RESULTS
36 % of patients were males and 64 % patients were females, 56 % paients
belonged to ASA PS I with no systemic illness. Majority of patients belonged to the
age group 41-50 years.
CONCLUSIONS
The mean height of the patients was 164.2 cm with a standard deviation of 7.
Mean weight of the patients was 63.2 Kg + 7.1.
