Neurosciences
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To compare awake craniotomy using conscious sedation technique versus conventional general anesthesia (GA) for excision of low-grade glioma encroaching on eloquent brain. ⋯ Compared to GA, awake craniotomy is a relatively simple non-expensive procedure that allows tumor removal guided by physiology rather than anatomy.
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To study the pattern of migraine, and to show the effect of age and duration of illness on the evolution of migraine symptoms. ⋯ Many migraine symptoms remain the same in each attack no matter the duration of illness and age at presentation, except for bouts of vomiting, which may be less common in younger patients.