Open AccessIntra-aortic injection of propofol prevents spinal cord injury during aortic surgery☆
Author(s) -
Hajime Kumagai,
Mitsuhiro Isaka,
Yuji Sugawara,
Kenji Okada,
Katsuhiko Imai,
Kazumasa Orihashi,
Taijiro Sueda
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
european journal of cardio-thoracic surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.303
H-Index - 133
eISSN - 1873-734X
pISSN - 1010-7940
DOI - 10.1016/j.ejcts.2006.01.042
Subject(s) - propofol , medicine , anesthesia , spinal cord , aorta , saline , beagle , surgery , psychiatry
We investigated whether propofol, a widely used anesthetic, injected into clamped aortic segments quickly attenuated transcranial spinal motor-evoked potential (MEP) amplitudes and protected against spinal cord injury during thoracoabdominal aortic surgery.
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