CASE 4--2016: The Role of the Lumbar Drain in Thoracic Endovascular Aorta Repair: Exploring the Indications for Pre-Placement Neuraxial Imaging

Neal S Gerstein; Pramod V Panikkath; Andrew P Carlson; Deanna M Pollock; Ezekiel Tayler; John G T Augoustides

doi:10.1053/j.jvca.2015.10.002

CASE 4--2016: The Role of the Lumbar Drain in Thoracic Endovascular Aorta Repair: Exploring the Indications for Pre-Placement Neuraxial Imaging

J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. 2016 Apr;30(2):548-54. doi: 10.1053/j.jvca.2015.10.002. Epub 2015 Oct 9.

Authors

Neal S Gerstein¹, Pramod V Panikkath², Andrew P Carlson³, Deanna M Pollock², Ezekiel Tayler⁴, John G T Augoustides⁵

Affiliations

¹ Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM. Electronic address: ngerstein@gmail.com.
² Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM.
³ Department of Neurosurgery, School of Medicine, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM.
⁴ Critical Care Section, Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA.
⁵ Cardiovascular and Thoracic Section, Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA.

PMID: 26774988
DOI: 10.1053/j.jvca.2015.10.002

No abstract available

Keywords: benefits; brain computed tomography; cerebrospinal fluid drainage; herniation; indications; intracranial hemorrhage; lumbar drain; neurologic deficit; risks; spinal cord ischemia; spinal cord perfusion pressure; thoracic endovascular repair.

Publication types

Case Reports
Clinical Conference

MeSH terms

Aorta, Thoracic / surgery*
Brain / diagnostic imaging
Drainage*
Endovascular Procedures*
Female
Humans
Intracranial Pressure
Lumbar Vertebrae / surgery*
Middle Aged
Postoperative Complications / prevention & control*
Spinal Cord Ischemia / prevention & control*
Tomography, X-Ray Computed