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| - Immediate ischemic preconditioning based on somatosensory evoked potentials seems to prevent spinal cord injury following descending thoracic aorta cross-clamping
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| - Abstract. Objective: Delayed ischemic preconditioning has demonstrated neuroprotective effects in spinal cord ischemia. We investigated the effects of immediate ischemic preconditioning based on somatosensory evoked potentials monitoring in a model of spinal cord injury due descending thoracic aorta occlusion in dogs. Methods: Twenty-one dogs were submitted to spinal cord ischemia induced by descending thoracic aorta cross-clamping for 45 min. Control group underwent only the aortic cross-clamping (n=7), group A underwent one cycle of ischemic preconditioning (n=7) and group B underwent three equal cycles of ischemic preconditioning (n=7), immediately before the aortic cross-clamping. Ischemic preconditioning cycles were determined by somatosensory evoked potentials monitoring. Neurologic evaluation was performed according to the Tarlov score at 72 h of follow-up. The animals were then sacrificed and the spinal cord harvested for histopathology. Results: Aortic pressures before and after the occluded segment were similar in the three groups. Ischemic preconditioning periods corresponded to a mean ischemic time of 3±1 min and a mean recovery time of 7±2 min. Severe paraplegia was observed in three animals in Control group, in four in group A and in none in group B. Tarlov scores of group B were significantly better in comparison to the Control group (P=0.036). Histopathologic examination showed severe neuronal necrosis in the thoracic and lumbar gray matter in animals who presented paraplegia. Conclusions: Immediate repetitive ischemic preconditioning based on somatosensory evoked potentials monitoring seems to protect spinal cord during descending aorta cross-clamping, reducing paraplegia incidence.
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