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Motor and somatosensory evoked potential spinal cord monitoring during intubation and neck extension for thyroidectomy in a Down syndrome boy with atlantoaxial instability.
Journal of Clinical Monitoring and Computing 2017 Februrary
Intubation or neck extension can compress the spinal cord in patients with craniocervical instability. Protective motor evoked potential (MEP) and somatosensory evoked potential (SEP) monitoring of these maneuvers is an obvious consideration when these patients undergo already-monitored spinal surgery, but might be overlooked when they undergo other normally unmonitored procedures. Here we report monitoring intubation and neck extension for the unusual indication of thyroidectomy in a Down syndrome boy with atlantoaxial instability. Transcranial electric stimulation thenar MEPs and optimized median nerve SEPs were acquired about every minute throughout intubation and neck extension under propofol and remifentanil anesthesia without neuromuscular blockade. Potentials were stable and there was no neurologic deficit. This approach could protect craniocervical instability patients against cord compression when they undergo intubation and neck extension for surgical procedures that would not otherwise indicate spinal cord monitoring.
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