Subarachnoid Fluid Lactate and Paraplegia after Descending Aorta Aneurysmectomy : Two Compared Case Reports
Joint Authors
Cancellieri, Franco
Giustiniano, Enrico
Malossini, Silvia Eleonora
Pellegrino, Francesco
Source
Case Reports in Anesthesiology
Issue
Vol. 2013, Issue 2013 (31 Dec. 2013), pp.1-4, 4 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2013-10-03
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
4
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
We report a comparison of two cases regarding subjects who underwent thoracoabdominal aorta aneurysmectomy.
During the procedure we monitored cerebrospinal fluid lactate concentration.
One patient experienced postoperative paraplegia and his cerebrospinal fluid lactate concentration was much higher than that in the other case, whose postoperative outcome was uneventful.
Consequently we consider that monitoring the lactate concentration in cerebrospinal fluid during thoracic aorta surgical procedures may be a helpful tool to predict the ischemic spine-cord injury allowing for trying to recover it precociously.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Giustiniano, Enrico& Malossini, Silvia Eleonora& Pellegrino, Francesco& Cancellieri, Franco. 2013. Subarachnoid Fluid Lactate and Paraplegia after Descending Aorta Aneurysmectomy : Two Compared Case Reports. Case Reports in Anesthesiology،Vol. 2013, no. 2013, pp.1-4.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
Giustiniano, Enrico…[et al.]. Subarachnoid Fluid Lactate and Paraplegia after Descending Aorta Aneurysmectomy : Two Compared Case Reports. Case Reports in Anesthesiology No. 2013 (2013), pp.1-4.
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American Medical Association (AMA)
Giustiniano, Enrico& Malossini, Silvia Eleonora& Pellegrino, Francesco& Cancellieri, Franco. Subarachnoid Fluid Lactate and Paraplegia after Descending Aorta Aneurysmectomy : Two Compared Case Reports. Case Reports in Anesthesiology. 2013. Vol. 2013, no. 2013, pp.1-4.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-508616
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-508616