• J. Vasc. Surg. · Jan 2004

    Transcranial myogenic motor-evoked potentials after transient spinal cord ischemia predicts neurologic outcome in rabbits.

    • Hirohisa Murakami, Takuro Tsukube, Yujiro Kawanishi, and Yutaka Okita.
    • Division of Cardiovascular, Thoracic, and Pediatric Surgery, Department of Cardio-pulmonary and Vascular Medicine, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, 7-4-1 Kusunoki-cho, Chuo-ku, Kobe 650-0017, Japan.
    • J. Vasc. Surg. 2004 Jan 1; 39 (1): 207-13.

    ObjectiveMyogenic transcranial motor-evoked potentials (tc-MEPs) were applied to monitor spinal cord ischemia in the repairs of thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysms. We investigated whether tc-MEPs after spinal cord ischemia/reperfusion could be used to predict neurologic outcome in leporine model.MethodsTc-MEPs were measured at 30-second intervals before, during, and after spinal cord ischemia (SCI) induced by balloon occlusion of the infrarenal aorta. Twenty rabbits were divided into five groups. Four groups (n = 4 animals in each group) had transient ischemia induced for 10, 15, 20, or 30 minutes. In fifth group, the terminal aorta at the aortic bifurcation was occluded for 30 minutes. All animals were evaluated neurologically 48 hours later, and their spinal cords were removed for histologic examination.ResultsThe tc-MEPs in each SCI group rapidly disappeared after SCI. After reperfusion, the recovery of tc-MEPs amplitude was inversely correlated to duration of SCI. Tc-MEPs amplitude at one hour after reperfusion was correlated with both neurologic score and number of neuron cells in the spinal cord 48 hours later. Logistic regression analysis demonstrated that the neurologic deficits differed significantly between animals with tc-MEPs amplitude of less than 75% of the baseline and those with an amplitude of more than 75%.ConclusionsThe amplitude of tc-MEPs after ischemia /reperfusion of the spinal cord showed a high correlation with durations of SCI, with neurologic deficits, and with pathologic findings of the spinal cord. Tc-MEPs, therefore, could be used to predict neurologic outcome. In particular, tc-MEPs whose amplitude recovered by less than 75% indicated a risk of paraplegia.

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