[Monitoring during Cerebrovascular Surgery]

No Shinkei Geka. 2023 May;51(3):500-506. doi: 10.11477/mf.1436204774.
[Article in Japanese]

Abstract

Intraoperative monitoring of cerebrovascular disease is performed in direct surgery and endovascular treatment to prevent complications due to blood flow disturbance. Typical surgeries in which monitoring is useful are revascularization surgeries, such as bypass, carotid endarterectomy, and aneurysm clipping surgery. Revascularization is performed to normalize intracranial and extracranial blood flow but requires interruption of blood flow to the brain, even for a short time. Changes in cerebral circulation and function when blood flow is blocked cannot be generalized because they are affected by collateral circulation and differ among cases. Monitoring is important to understand these changes during surgery. It is also used in revascularization procedures to check if the reestablished cerebral blood flow is adequate. Changes in monitoring waveforms can detect the emergence of neurological dysfunction, but in some cases, clipping surgery can end with missing waveforms, leading to dysfunction. Even in such cases, it can help identify which surgery caused the malfunction and improve the outcome of subsequent surgeries.

Publication types

  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Brain / blood supply
  • Cerebral Revascularization* / methods
  • Cerebrovascular Circulation
  • Cerebrovascular Disorders* / surgery
  • Humans
  • Intracranial Aneurysm* / surgery
  • Stereotaxic Techniques