Definition of the safe lower limits of aortic resection during surgical procedures on the thoracoabdominal aorta: use of somatosensory evoked potentials.
Definition of the safe lower limits of aortic resection during surgical procedures on the thoracoabdominal aorta: use of somatosensory evoked potentials.
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胸腹主动脉手术过程中主动脉切除安全下限的定义:体感诱发电位的使用。
DOI:
10.1016/s0735-1097(83)80246-0
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发表时间:
1983
影响因子:
24
通讯作者:
F. Spencer
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作者:
J. Laschinger;J. Cunningham;O. Isom;I. Nathan;F. Spencer
The technique of intraoperative monitoring of somatosensory evoked potentials was applied to a canine model of spinal cord ischemia in an attempt to determine the safe lower limits of aortic resection during thoracic aortic surgery. Fifteen animals underwent left thoracotomy with institution of partial left atrial/femoral artery bypass for maintenance of distal aortic perfusion after proximal descending thoracic aortic exclusion. In Group I animals (n = 6, control), no further interventions were performed so that the effect of exclusion of vessels noncritical to spinal cord blood supply could be assessed by measurements of spinal cord blood flow and somatosensory evoked potentials. In Group II animals (n = 8), the level of distal aortic exclusion was progressively lowered until loss of somatosensory evoked potential (critical vessel exclusion) occurred. The effect of critical vessel exclusion on spinal cord blood flow was then assessed.Exclusion of multiple vessels noncritical to spinal cord blood supply (Group I) had no effect on spinal cord blood flow or function (somatosensory evoked potentials). Exclusion of vessels critical to spinal cord blood supply resulted in significant spinal cord ischemia (83.4% flow reduction, probability [p] < 0.05 versus baseline) and ischemic spinal cord dysfunction (loss of somatosensory evoked potential). The data indicate that monitoring of intraoperative somatosensory evoked potentials allows recognition of spinal cord ischemia due to exclusion of vessels critical to spinal cord blood supply and, thus, is an accurate predictor of the safe lower limits of aortic resection performed during surgical procedures on the descending thoracic or the thoracoabdominal aorta, or both.