Effect of laminectomy and anesthesia upon spinal cord blood flow

Patrick W. Hitchon M.D.1, Jeffrey M. Lobosky M.D.1, Thoru Yamada M.D.1, and James C. Torner M.S.1
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  • 1 Department of Surgery, Division of Neurosurgery, and Department of Neurology, University of Iowa Hospital, Iowa City, Iowa
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545–549
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Volume 61: Issue 3
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https://doi.org/10.3171/jns.1984.61.3.0545
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✓ Spinal cord blood flow (SCBF) in 10 sheep subjected to laminectomy at L6–7, T6–7, and C7–T1 was compared to that of 10 control sheep subjected to anesthesia alone. Blood flow was measured using the radioactive microsphere technique, with the PaCO2 maintained at 40 ± 2 mm Hg. Both laminectomy and control animals showed a decrease in SCBF at a rate of 7% to 16%/hr for the 3 hours following the first blood flow determination. When prelaminectomy and postlaminectomy SCBF values were compared to their counterparts in the control animals, there were no significant differences. Laminectomy does not appear to alter SCBF from control values. Spinal evoked potentials (SEP's) were elicited in the laminectomy group by direct cord stimulation at C-7 and L-7. No changes were noted in amplitude or latency of SEP's over time in either caudal or rostral conduction.

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