Spinal cord protection during thoracoabdominal aneurysm resection.
Spinal cord protection during thoracoabdominal aneurysm resection.
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胸腹动脉瘤切除术中的脊髓保护。
DOI:
10.1016/s0022-5223(95)70209-1
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发表时间:
1995
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P. A. Wojewski
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作者:
P. A. Wojewski
Paraplegia is a devastating complication after thoracoabdominal aneurysm resection. Multi~) le methods of spinal protection have been explored. At present, no reliable method of protecting the spine from ischemic injury exists. I am describing here two cases of thoraco abdominal aneurysm resection with selective cooling of the spinal cord. While the aorta was crossclamped, continuous lavage of the spinal cord with cold normal saline solution was introduced into the subarachnoid space by lumbar puncture. No neurologic sequela developed after crossclamping of the aorta for 58 minutes in case 1 and 36 minutes in case 2.Case 1. A 72-year-old woman was referred to me with a symptomatic thoracoabdominal aneurysm. Angiography showed a large arteriosclerotic aneurysm originating in the distal aortic arch, propagating throughout the thoracic aorta, and involving most of the abdominal aorta below the renal arteries. Spinal cord protection protocol was approved by the Institutional Review Committee of the Rapid City Regional Hospital. On the day of the operation, the patient was taken first to the angio suite for placement of catheters to the subarachnoid space. The procedure was performed with the patient under heavy sedation by an invasive radiologist. The patient was placed prone on a fluoroscopic table with tilt capabilities. The subarachnoid space was entered at the L2-3 level with midline stick with a 20-gauge spinal needle (Fig. 1). The Cook micropuncture system guidewire (Cook Incorporated, Bloomington, Ind.) was then placed through the spinal needle into the subarachnoid space and advanced upward in the midline. After the dilating catheter was positioned ventral within the subarachnoid space, the 0.035 Tad II wire with 0.018 tip (Advanced Cardiovascular Systems, Inc., Santa Clara, Calif.) was passed. The Tad wire is steerable and the 0.018 tip helped avoid damage to nerve roots or cord while the wire was being advanced. The Tad wire was positioned above T5 ventral to the spinal cord. A 5F straight flush catheter was placed over the wire and positioned above T5. By means of the procedure just described, the second 5F catheter was placed at the level of the conus medullaris. The catheter should have four to five additional side holes placed at its tip. The entrance into the subarachnoid space for this second catheter should be, if possible, one level below the entrance of the first catheter. The third catheter was placed at the next inferior level with the tip