Is intrathecal lactate concentration monitoring helpful for postoperative paraplegia after descending aorta surgery?

[...]we analyzed our database and compared the case only with other previous similar operations, during which we monitored CSF lactate level (4 pts). [...]our complicated patient experienced paraplegia early in the postoperative period.

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Published inJournal of clinical anesthesia Vol. 26; no. 6; pp. 506 - 508
Main Authors Giustiniano, Enrico, MD, Ruggieri, Nadia, MD
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States Elsevier Inc 01.09.2014
Elsevier Limited
Subjects
Anesthesia & Perioperative Care
Aorta, Thoracic - surgery
Biomarkers - cerebrospinal fluid
Humans
Ischemia
Ischemia - diagnosis
Lactic Acid - cerebrospinal fluid
Metabolism
Monitoring, Intraoperative - methods
Pain Medicine
Paraplegia - prevention & control
Patients
Postoperative period
Spinal Cord - blood supply
Spinal cord injuries
Surgery
Vascular Surgical Procedures - adverse effects
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Summary:[...]we analyzed our database and compared the case only with other previous similar operations, during which we monitored CSF lactate level (4 pts). [...]our complicated patient experienced paraplegia early in the postoperative period.
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ISSN:0952-8180
1873-4529
DOI:10.1016/j.jclinane.2014.03.009