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Fiber-optic Monitoring of Spinal Cord Hemodynamics in Experimental Aortic Occlusion

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Author(s):
Kogler, Angela S. [1, 2] ; Bilfinger, Thomas V. [3] ; Galler, Robert M. [4] ; Mesquita, Rickson C. [5, 6] ; Cutrone, Michael [2] ; Schenkel, Steven S. [5] ; Yodh, Arjun G. [5] ; Floyd, Thomas F. [1, 2]
Total Authors: 8
Affiliation:
[1] SUNY Stony Brook, Dept Biomed Engn, Stony Brook, NY 11794 - USA
[2] SUNY Stony Brook, Med Ctr, Dept Anesthesiol, Stony Brook, NY 11794 - USA
[3] SUNY Stony Brook, Med Ctr, Dept Surg, Stony Brook, NY 11794 - USA
[4] SUNY Stony Brook, Med Ctr, Dept Neurol Surg, Stony Brook, NY 11794 - USA
[5] Univ Penn, Dept Phys & Astron, Philadelphia, PA 19104 - USA
[6] Univ Estadual Campinas, Inst Phys, Campinas, SP - Brazil
Total Affiliations: 6
Document type: Journal article
Source: ANESTHESIOLOGY; v. 123, n. 6, p. 1362-1373, DEC 2015.
Web of Science Citations: 3
Abstract

Background: Spinal cord ischemia occurs frequently during thoracic aneurysm repair. Current methods based on electrophysiology techniques to detect ischemia are indirect, non-specific, and temporally slow. In this article, the authors report the testing of a spinal cord blood flow and oxygenation monitor, based on diffuse correlation and optical spectroscopies, during aortic occlusion in a sheep model. Methods: Testing was carried out in 16 Dorset sheep. Sensitivity in detecting spinal cord blood flow and oxygenation changes during aortic occlusion, pharmacologically induced hypotension and hypertension, and physiologically induced hypoxia/hypercarbia was assessed. Accuracy of the diffuse correlation spectroscopy measurements was determined via comparison with microsphere blood flow measurements. Precision was assessed through repeated measurements in response to pharmacologic interventions. Results: The fiber-optic probe can be placed percutaneously and is capable of continuously measuring spinal cord blood flow and oxygenation preoperatively, intraoperatively, and postoperatively. The device is sensitive to spinal cord blood flow and oxygenation changes associated with aortic occlusion, immediately detecting a decrease in blood flow (-65 32%; n = 32) and blood oxygenation (-17 +/- 13%, n = 11) in 100% of trials. Comparison of spinal cord blood flow measurements by the device with microsphere measurements led to a correlation of R-2 = 0.49, P < 0.01, and the within-sheep coefficient of variation was 9.69%. Finally, diffuse correlation spectroscopy is temporally more sensitive to ischemic interventions than motor-evoked potentials. Conclusion: The first-generation spinal fiber-optic monitoring device offers a novel and potentially important step forward in the monitoring of spinal cord ischemia. (AU)

FAPESP's process: 12/02500-8 - Instrumentation and methodology development for cerebral oxygenation, blood flow and metabolic monitoring with diffuse optical spectroscopies
Grantee:Rickson Coelho Mesquita
Support Opportunities: Research Grants - Young Investigators Grants