Monitoring of peripheral tissue oxygenation with near infrared spectrophotometry during abdominal or iliac aortic cross-clamping surgery
Ohnishi, Y.; Takaki, O.; Nakajima, T.; Kitaguchi, K.; Uchida, O.; Ohsumi, H.; Kuro, M.
Masui. Japanese Journal of Anesthesiology 42(8): 1217-1222
1993
ISSN/ISBN: 0021-4892 PMID: 8366564 Document Number: 418734
Peripheral tissue oxygenation was monitored with near infrared spectrophotometry during abdominal or common iliac aortic cross-clamping surgery. Six patients who had abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) and eight patients who had aortic sclerotic occlusive disease (ASO) were studied. At the beginning of cross-clamping, oxyhemoglobin was decreasing and deoxyhemoglobin was increasing in all AAA patients. Average of 37 minutes following cross-clamping of abdominal aorta, both hemoglobin values were stabilized. On the other hand, changes in both hemoglobin values were delayed or missing in ASO patients. The results suggest that the duration from cross-clamping to stabilization is related to co-lateral blood flow. During operation, monitoring of peripheral blood flow with near infrared spectrophotometry is useful for detection of peripheral ischemia and for the estimation of postoperative local blood flow.