Peripheral Nerve Injury in Thoracic Surgery Detected by Automated Somatosensory Evoked Potential Monitoring.

<jats:p> Study Objective. Our objectives were to estimate the incidence of symptoms of peripheral nerve injury (sPNI) in thoracic surgical patients undergoing video-assisted thoracic surgery or open thoracotomy and to determine whether intraoperative somatosensory evoked potentials (SSEPs) waveform changes correlate with postoperative peripheral neuropathic symptoms. Methods. We conducted a prospective observational study in the operating room of a tertiary hospital. We measured SSEPs intraoperatively and assessed patients for sPNI postoperatively. Results. Forty-four patients consented. Six were excluded from analysis. We found that 42% (95% confidence interval [CI] = 26% to 57%) of patients undergoing thoracic surgery had significant changes in SSEP amplitude and latency. Furthermore, 16% (95% CI = 4% to 28%) of patients had new postoperative symptoms of sensory or motor deficits in an upper extremity. We calculated a sensitivity of 66.7% (95% CI = 29.0% to 100%) and a specificity of 50% (95% CI = 33% to 67.3%) for the identification of sPNI based on automated intraoperative SSEP changes. Conclusions. We identified the incidence of SSEP changes in thoracic surgery (42%) and the incidence of postoperative sPNI after thoracic surgery (16%). We identified a positive correlation between intraoperative SSEP changes and postoperative sPNI, which after multivariate analysis was not significant given the small sample size of the study. By the time sensory and/or motor changes are detected postoperatively, it may be too late to reverse the nerve damage. Future versions of the EPAD device could provide anesthesiologists a way to monitor for the development of sPNI, and make changes before a potential injury becomes permanent. /jats:p

Cios, Peripheral Nerve Injury in Thoracic Surgery Detected by Automated Somatosensory Evoked Potential Monitoring, 'Seminars in Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia' (24, 3) pp. 211-218. Copyright © 2020. DOI: 10.1177/1089253220919303. Users who receive access to an article through a repository are reminded that the article is protected by copyright and reuse is restricted to non-commercial and no derivative uses. Users may also download and save a local copy of an article accessed in an institutional repository for the user's personal reference. For permission to reuse an article, please follow our Process for Requesting Permission.

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Work Title Peripheral Nerve Injury in Thoracic Surgery Detected by Automated Somatosensory Evoked Potential Monitoring.
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  1. Theodore J. Cios
  2. Shane M. Barre
  3. Sandeep Pradhan
  4. S. Michael Roberts
License CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 (Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives)
Work Type Article
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  1. SAGE Publications
Publication Date May 11, 2020
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  1. 10.1177/1089253220919303
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  1. Seminars in Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia
Deposited September 09, 2021

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