Proceedings of Singapore Healthcare (Dec 2010)

Anaesthesia for the First Neurosurgery under Intraoperative High Field Magnetic Imaging Guidance in Singapore

  • Hairil Rizal Abdullah MBBS (Malaya),
  • Theodore Gar-Ling Wong Bsc (Med), MD, FRCPC (Canada),
  • June Pheck Suan Goh MBBS, FRCA

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1177/201010581001900411
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 19

Abstract

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In 2008, Singapore General Hospital installed an Intraoperative Magnetic Resonance Imaging system (IMRI) in its Major Operating Theatre. This article discusses the first ever case done in the IMRI suite, the challenges faced and identified, as well as their learning points and potential solutions.