Cerebrospinal fluid drainage and deep systemic hypothermia with total absence of circulation for spinal cord protection during surgery on the thoracic aorta

A 53-yearold man with a dissecting aneurysm of Stanford's type-B or Crawford's type I measuring 8.5 cm in diameter underwent replacement of the distal descending aorta and the thoracic aorta using techniques for spinal cord protection involving deep hypothermia at 17 degrees C and lasting 38 minutes with total absence of circulation. A subarachnoid catheter was inserted at the lumbar level to monitor spinal fluid pressure as well as to provide drainage if pressure exceeded 10 mm Hg. During surgery 60 ml was drained, followed by 95 ml after surgery on the same day and 325, 262 and 169 ml on the following three days. No signs of neurological deficit were observed during the postoperative period. Clinical course was good until hypovolemic shock developed 27 days after the operation due to upper digestive tract bleeding caused by two duodenal ulcers that perforated the gastroduodenal artery. Emergency antrectomy and vagotomy were performed. The patient died from multiple organ failure. Spinal cord injury continues to be one of the most feared complications after excision of thoracic and thoracoabdominal aorta aneurysm. Currently, various ways of protecting the spinal cord are practiced, including drainage of cerebrospinal fluid, partial bypass of the femoral artery, intercostal artery reimplantation, drug therapy and local spinal and/or systemic hypothermia. These methods, together with shorter clamping time have achieved a reduction in the incidence of spinal cord injuries.

Medienart:

Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2001

Erschienen:

2001

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:48

Enthalten in:

Revista espanola de anestesiologia y reanimacion - 48(2001), 4 vom: 10. Apr., Seite 192-5

Sprache:

Spanisch

Weiterer Titel:

Drenaje de líquido cefalorraquídeo e hipotermia profunda sistémica con parada circulatoria total como método de protección medular durante la cirugía de aorta torácica

Beteiligte Personen:

Fernández Suárez, F [VerfasserIn]
Sánchez Burón, J [VerfasserIn]
Sánchez García, V [VerfasserIn]
Martín Moreno, M [VerfasserIn]
Fernández-Vega Sanz, M [VerfasserIn]
Brid Castañón, T [VerfasserIn]

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Case Reports
English Abstract
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Date Completed 23.08.2001

Date Revised 11.11.2009

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM112414796