Non-invasive spinal cord oxygenation monitoring: validating collateral network near-infrared spectroscopy for thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysm repair [EXPERIMENTAL]

CONCLUSIONS These experiments confirm that the paraspinous vasculature in the presented large animal model is directly linked to spinal cord microcirculation and that the regional paraspinous muscle oxygenation status reflects spinal cord tissue oxygenation. As lumbar cnNIRS reproducibly depicts tissue oxygenation of the paraspinous vasculature, it can be used for non-invasive spinal cord oxygenation monitoring in real-time.

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Source: European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery - October 4, 2016 Category: Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery Authors: von Aspern, K., Haunschild, J., Hoyer, A., Luehr, M., Bakhtiary, F., Misfeld, M., Mohr, F. W., Etz, C. D. Tags: Cardiac - pharmacology, History, Pericardium EXPERIMENTAL Source Type: research