Pulmonary function after surgery for congenital atlantoaxial dislocation: A comparison with surgery for compressive cervical myelopathy and craniotomy

Journal of Neurosurgical Anesthesiology

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 196-201

  Reddy, Kotipi R Madhusudan ^a   Rao, Ganne S Umamaheswara ^a   Devi, Bhagavathula Indira ^a   Prasad, Pilla V S ^b   Ramesh, Venkatapura J ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH AND NEUROSCIENCES   (India)

^b BON SECOURS HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Atlantoaxial dislocation; Cervical spine; Complication; Craniotomy; Pulmonary function tests; Vital capacity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ARTICLE; ATLANTOAXIAL DISLOCATION; CERVICAL MYELOPATHY; CERVICAL SPINE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANIOTOMY; DETERIORATION; ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE; EXPIRATORY FLOW; EXTUBATION; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION; SPINAL CORD LESION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; VITAL CAPACITY;

ADULT; ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; ATLANTO-AXIAL JOINT; CRANIOTOMY; DISLOCATIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LUNG; MALE; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPIROMETRY; SUPRATENTORIAL NEOPLASMS; VITAL CAPACITY;

EID: 68149164330     PISSN: 08984921     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ANA.0b013e31819f1cce     Document Type: Article

References (25)

1. Howard RS, Henderson F, Hirsch NP, et al. Respiratory abnormalities due to Craniovertebral junction compression in rheumatoid disease. Ann Rh Dis. 1994;53:134-136. (Pubitemid 24087367)
2. Krieger AJ, Rosomoff HL, Kuperman AS, et al. Occult respiratory dysfunction in a craniovertebral anomaly. J Neurosurg. 1969;31:15-20.
3. Vaishya S, Guleria R, Patir R, et al. Pulmonary function tests and respiratory muscle pressures in congenital craniovertebral junction anomaly [abstract]. Chest. 1997;112:143S.
4. Rath GP, Bithal PK, Guleria R, et al. A comparative study between preoperative and postoperative pulmonary functions and diaphragmatic movements in congenital craniovertebral junction anomalies. J Neurosurg Anesthesiol. 2006;18:256-261. (Pubitemid 44484232)
5. The nervous system. In: Swash M, ed. Hutchson's Clinical Methods. 21st ed. Edinburgh: WB Saunders; 2002:219-288.
6. Webb WR. Radiology of obstructive pulmonary disease. AJR Am J Roentgenol. 1997;169:637-647.
7. Neva MH, Häkkinen A, Mäkinen H, et al. High prevalence of asymptomatic cervical spine subluxation in patients with rheumatoid arthritis waiting for orthopaedic surgery. Ann Rheum Dis. 2006;65:884-888.
8. Sokolowski MJ, Jackson AP, Haak MH, et al. Acute outcomes of cervical spine injuries in the elderly: atlantoaxial versus subaxial injuries. J Spinal Cord Med. 2007;30:238-242. (Pubitemid 47092894)
9. Behari S, Nayak SR, Bhargava V, et al. Craniocervical tuberculosis: protocol of surgical management. Neurosurgery. 2003;52:72-80. (Pubitemid 36098655)
10. Kumar R, Kalra SK, Mahapatra AK. A clinical scoring system for neurological assessment of high cervical myelopathy: measurements in pediatric patients with congenital atlantoaxial dislocations. Neurosurgery. 2007;61:987-993. (Pubitemid 350306931)
11. Stein SM, Kirchner SG, Horev G, et al. Atlanto-occipital subluxation in Down syndrome. Pediatr Radiol. 1991;21:121-124.
12. Toyoda H, Nakamura H, Konishi S, et al. Does chronic cervical myelopathy affect respiratory function?. J Neurosurg Spine. 2004;1:175-178.
13. Ishibe T, Takahashi S. Respiratory dysfunction in patients with chronic-onset cervical myelopathy. Spine. 2002;27:2234-2239. (Pubitemid 35192363)
14. Nomura T, Tani T, Kitaoka K, et al. A subclinical impairment of ventilatory function in cervical spondylotic myelopathy. Arch Phys Med Rehabil. 2004;85:1210-1211. (Pubitemid 38962386)
15. Di Pietro TL, Sogame LM, Vidotto MC, et al. Study of respiratory muscle strength, vital capacity, and ventilometry in the postoperative period of spinal surgery by posterior access. Spine. 2006;31:E367-E372.
16. Spungen AM, Dicpinigaitis PV, Almenoff PL, et al. Pulmonary obstruction in individuals with cervical spinal cord lesions unmasked by bronchodilator administration. Paraplegia. 1993;31:404-407.
17. Almenoff PL, Alexander LR, Spungen AM, et al. Bronchodilatory effects of ipratropium bromide in patients with tetraplegia. Paraplegia. 1995;33:274-277.
18. Schilero GJ, Grimm DR, Bauman WA, et al. Assessment of airway caliber and bronchodilator responsiveness in subjects with spinal cord injury. Chest. 2005;127:149-155.
19. Yamamoto H, Nakagawa H, Iwata K. MRI findings in spinal cord injury patients who have respiratory distress. Paraplegia. 1994;32:323-329. (Pubitemid 24145538)
20. Nunn JF. Control of breathing. In: Nunn JF, ed. Applied Respiratory Physiology. 2nd ed. London: Butterworths; 1977:26-62.
21. Dastur DK. Pathology and pathogenesis of chronic myelopathy in atlanto-axial dislocation, with operative or postoperative haematomyelia or other cord complications. Clin Exp Neurol. 1979;16:9-25.
22. Tumiati B, Casoli P. Syringomyelia in a patient with rheumatoid subluxation of the cervical spine. J Rheumatol. 1991;18:1403-1405.
23. Wahba RW. Perioperative functional residual capacity. Can J Anaesth. 1991;38:938-939.
24. Lindberg P, Gunnarsson L, Tokics L, et al. Atelectasis and lung function in the postoperative period. Acta Anaesthesiol Scand. 1992;36:546-553.
25. Franceschini J, Sogame LCM, Gazzotti MR, et al. Pulmonary function and thoraco-abdominal configuration after elective craniotomy. Neurosurg Q. 2008;18:22-27. (Pubitemid 351271683)