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Near‐Infrared Spectroscopy Monitoring of the Spinal Cord During Type B Aortic Dissection Surgery
Author(s) -
Demir Aslı,
Erdemli Özcan,
Ünal Utku,
Taşoğlu İrfan
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
journal of cardiac surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.428
H-Index - 58
eISSN - 1540-8191
pISSN - 0886-0440
DOI - 10.1111/jocs.12082
Subject(s) - medicine , aortic dissection , spinal cord , aortic surgery , dissection (medical) , surgery , aorta , psychiatry
Near‐infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) is a noninvasive continuous monitoring method for measuring the oxyhemoglobin saturation of the brain tissue. NIRS monitoring can suggest neuronal hypoxia in the frontal‐brain before irreversible impairment of cellular metabolism. We report two cases of Type B aortic dissection surgery in which spinal regional perfusion monitoring was performed by placing two NIRS sensors on the back‐skin through T6–T8 and T9–T11 vertebraes. doi: 10.1111/jocs.12082 (J Card Surg 2013;28:291–294)