Role of EEG monitoring and cross-clamping duration in carotid endarterectomy

Journal of Neurosurgery
M ColliceN Galbiati

Abstract

The usefulness of electroencephalographic (EEG) monitoring as well as the significance of the period of cross clamping in carotid endarterectomy have not been completely defined. In particular, the clinical importance of major EEG changes has not been fully investigated and some recent studies seem to indicate that the method has little value. As to the duration of cross clamping, there is strong evidence that occlusion times of about 15 minutes are tolerated under general anesthesia, but no information is available regarding longer periods of occlusion. The authors describe a consecutive series of 141 carotid endarterectomies in which the patients with EEG changes were shunted only when occlusion was anticipated to last longer than 30 minutes. Early major EEG changes (during the first 4 minutes) occurred in 14% of the cases. In the absence of EEG changes, long occlusion periods of 40 to 50 minutes were well tolerated. In contrast, the 20 patients with major persistent EEG changes did not tolerate protracted occlusion and three of them had immediate postoperative neurological complications. It seems that, in these circumstances, the incidence of neurological deficit is a function of the duration of cross clamping: these three p...Continue Reading

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