Anesthesia for brain trauma surgery is the effect of drugs on the brain and loss of sensation throughout the body. Anesthesia is often indicated for cases of: epidural hematoma, skull depression, skull contusion, intracerebral hematoma... In brain trauma surgery, endotracheal anesthesia is often applied.

Anesthesia during brain trauma surgery is the use of drugs to affect the brain to make the patient lose all sensation. The main purpose of this procedure is to limit or eliminate all possible causes of increased intracranial pressure, while helping to closely control the patient's respiratory and circulatory status.