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WAKE - UP TEST FOR RECOGNITION OF POSSIBLE NEUROLOGIC DAMAGE DURING SCOLIOSIS SURGERY

  • G. Özturan
  • B. Atilla
  • A. Surat
  • K. Erdem

J Turk Spinal Surg 1990;1(2):59-60

To permit early recognition of possible spinal cord trauma due to spinal distraction with Harrington rod instru-mentation, 20 patients were awekened intraopartively in Hacettepe University Medical Faculty.

Droperidol and Fentanyl were used for anesthesia for all patients. The reliance of this procedure was investiag-ted by noting the time between spinal distraction and obtaining motor response and by comparing with the post-operative neurologic condition.

One patient with an unusual complication-transient cortical blindness (Anton Syndrome), was also discussed.

Keywords: Harrington instrumentation, spinal monitoring, wake - up test.