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64. Jahrestagung der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Neurochirurgie (DGNC)

Deutsche Gesellschaft für Neurochirurgie (DGNC) e. V.

26. - 29. Mai 2013, Düsseldorf

Tailored dura opening in eloquent areas – is epidural monopolar stimulation an useful tool?

Meeting Abstract

  • Andrea Szelényi - Neurochirurgische Klinik, Universitätsklinikum Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf
  • Lina Nagel - Neurochirurgische Klinik, Universitätsklinikum Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf
  • Marion Rapp - Neurochirurgische Klinik, Universitätsklinikum Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf
  • Maria Smuga - Neurochirurgische Klinik, Universitätsklinikum Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf
  • Hans-Jakob Steiger - Neurochirurgische Klinik, Universitätsklinikum Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf
  • Michael Sabel - Neurochirurgische Klinik, Universitätsklinikum Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf

Deutsche Gesellschaft für Neurochirurgie. 64. Jahrestagung der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Neurochirurgie (DGNC). Düsseldorf, 26.-29.05.2013. Düsseldorf: German Medical Science GMS Publishing House; 2013. DocMI.16.09

doi: 10.3205/13dgnc424, urn:nbn:de:0183-13dgnc4245

Veröffentlicht: 21. Mai 2013

© 2013 Szelényi et al.
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Objective: Direct cortical stimulation (DCS) is considered gold standard for intraoperative mapping of motor cortex. Precise intraoperative identification of eloquent areas by transdural monopolar stimulation before dura opening might be advantageous to prevent unnecessary exposure of cortical areas. Thus, the feasibility of monopolar epidural stimulation (EDS) and its relation to DCS with regard to stimulation intensity and amount of muscle responses were studied.

Method: 20 patients (56 ± 12 years, 9 male) with eloquent located lesions and subject to craniotomy exposing the motor region were studied. After craniotomy, EDS and after cortex exposure DCS were performed. Localization was videotaped. MEPs of at least 6 contralateral muscles were stored on a neuromonitoring device (Inomed Co., Germany). EDS and DCS were performed with an anodal monopolar probe (2 mm diameter) and a high frequency stimulation (250 Hz, train-of-5 with 0.5 ms individual pulse width and an interstimulus-interval of 4 ms, maximum 30 mA) Motor threshold was established for each stimulation point.

Results: In 4/20 patients EDS did not elicit MEPs, but DCS was successful in all 20 patients. In the 16 patients, where EDS and DCS elicited MEPs, minimal threshold of EDS was 17 ± 6.1 mA (median 17.5 mA) compared to 15.1 ± 5.6 mA (median 15 mA) in DCS (p = 0.004; paired t-test). EDS elicited MEPs in 1,9 ± 1,7 muscles compared to 1 ± 0,8 muscles with DCS.

Conclusions: Stimulation intensities to elicit MEPs were expectedly higher for EDS and such explain the tendency toward more muscle responses. The close relation to the hot spot of the DCS allows using EDS for tailoring dura opening. This might prove a helpful tool especially in recurrent tumor surgery, where dural scarring hampers dura opening.