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The Annals of Thoracic Surgery, Vol 54, 818-824, Copyright © 1992 by The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

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Intrathecal perfusion of an oxygenated perfluorocarbon prevents paraplegia after aortic occlusion

RE Maughan, C Mohan, IM Nathan, E Ascer, P Damiani, IJ Jacobowitz, JN Cunningham Jr and CP Marini
Department of Surgery, Maimonides Medical Center, Brooklyn, New York.

A canine model was used to evaluate the effects of continuous intrathecal perfusion of an oxygenated perfluorocarbon emulsion on systemic and cerebral hemodynamics and neurologic outcome after 70 minutes of normothermic aortic occlusion. Twelve mongrel dogs were instrumented to monitor proximal and distal arterial blood pressure, cerebrospinal fluid pressure, spinal cord perfusion pressure, and somatosensory evoked potentials. The intrathecal perfusion apparatus consisted of two perfusing catheters, placed in the intrathecal space through a laminectomy, and a draining catheter percutaneously inserted in the cisterna cerebellomedullaris. The aorta was cross-clamped just distal to the left subclavian artery for 70 minutes. Animals were randomized into two groups: group 1 (n = 6) animals were treated with intrathecal perfusion of saline solution, whereas group 2 (n = 6) animals received oxygenated Fluosol-DA 20%. Data were acquired at baseline, during the cross-clamp period, and after reperfusion. Normothermic Fluosol or saline solution was infused at a rate of 15 mL/min beginning 15 minutes before cross-clamping and continued throughout the ischemic interval. There was no difference in proximal arterial blood pressure (97.2 versus 95.4 mm Hg; p > 0.05) or distal arterial blood pressure (14.6 versus 15.0; p > 0.05) between the two groups throughout the cross-clamp interval. Cerebrospinal fluid pressure rose significantly in both groups with the onset of intrathecal perfusion of either saline solution or Fluosol (7 +/- 1 versus 24 +/- 5 and 8 +/- 1 versus 40 +/- 4 mm Hg, respectively; p < 0.05). The rise in cerebrospinal fluid pressure was sustained throughout the perfusion interval in both groups.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)

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