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Effect of Tourniquet Deflation on Intracranial Pressure Measured by Ultrasound of the Optic Nerve Sheath Diameter in Patients Undergoing Orthopedic Surgery Under Spinal Anesthesia: An Observational Study

Background Orthopedic surgeries of the lower extremities frequently require exsanguination and the use of pneumatic tourniquets. However, the deflation of the tourniquet is accompanied by predominant metabolic changes such as an increase in PaCO(2). Prior studies have reported the existence of a cor...

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Autores principales: Venkateswarlu, Yellaboina, Mahanty, Pratap Rudra, Sahu, Seelora, Sharma, Prashant, Nag, Deb Sanjay
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Publicado: Cureus 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10630625/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/38022169
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.46700
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author Venkateswarlu, Yellaboina
Mahanty, Pratap Rudra
Sahu, Seelora
Sharma, Prashant
Nag, Deb Sanjay
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Mahanty, Pratap Rudra
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description Background Orthopedic surgeries of the lower extremities frequently require exsanguination and the use of pneumatic tourniquets. However, the deflation of the tourniquet is accompanied by predominant metabolic changes such as an increase in PaCO(2). Prior studies have reported the existence of a correlation between tourniquet deflation and an increase in intracranial pressure in patients undergoing surgery under general anesthesia. However, there is a dearth of literature demonstrating such relationships among patients undergoing surgery under subarachnoid block in the Indian setting. The present research was conducted to study the variations in intracranial pressure after the deflation of the tourniquet by measuring the optic nerve sheath diameter (ONSD) using ultrasound among patients undergoing orthopedic surgery of the lower limb under spinal anesthesia at a tertiary care hospital in eastern India. Methodology After obtaining clearance from the Institutional Ethics Committee, this prospective observational study was conducted among 45 patients undergoing orthopedic surgeries of the lower limb using a pneumatic tourniquet. Changes in intracranial pressure following tourniquet deflation were recorded by measuring ONSD by ultrasound in these patients. Heart rate (HR), mean arterial pressure (MAP), SpO(2), EtCO(2), and ONSD were noted 15 minutes before administration of subarachnoid block (T0), just before tourniquet deflation (T1) and at 5, 10, and 15 minutes after tourniquet deflation (T5, T10, and T15, respectively). Results The ONSD varied significantly at each point of observation (p < 0.05). The ONSDs at 5 and 10 minutes after the deflation of the tourniquet were significantly greater than that at T0 (p = 0.002). EtCO(2) showed a significant increase compared to baseline values at every point of observation intraoperatively whereas MAP showed a significant decrease (p < 0.05). For all parameters (ONSD, HR, systolic blood pressure, diastolic blood pressure, MAP, and EtCO(2)), the most significant change in observation was noted at T10, i.e., 10 minutes after the deflation of the tourniquet.   Conclusions The significant finding in this study was that the ONSD measurements recorded by ultrasound were increased after the deflation of the tourniquet and that this change can be attributed to an increase in EtCO(2). However, the results obtained cannot be validated outside the present research owing to the observational nature of the study and limited sample size. Thus, it is difficult to arrive at a definitive conclusion. Further large-scale multicentric studies may be needed to substantiate the findings of this study.
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spelling pubmed-106306252023-10-09 Effect of Tourniquet Deflation on Intracranial Pressure Measured by Ultrasound of the Optic Nerve Sheath Diameter in Patients Undergoing Orthopedic Surgery Under Spinal Anesthesia: An Observational Study Venkateswarlu, Yellaboina Mahanty, Pratap Rudra Sahu, Seelora Sharma, Prashant Nag, Deb Sanjay Cureus Neurology Background Orthopedic surgeries of the lower extremities frequently require exsanguination and the use of pneumatic tourniquets. However, the deflation of the tourniquet is accompanied by predominant metabolic changes such as an increase in PaCO(2). Prior studies have reported the existence of a correlation between tourniquet deflation and an increase in intracranial pressure in patients undergoing surgery under general anesthesia. However, there is a dearth of literature demonstrating such relationships among patients undergoing surgery under subarachnoid block in the Indian setting. The present research was conducted to study the variations in intracranial pressure after the deflation of the tourniquet by measuring the optic nerve sheath diameter (ONSD) using ultrasound among patients undergoing orthopedic surgery of the lower limb under spinal anesthesia at a tertiary care hospital in eastern India. Methodology After obtaining clearance from the Institutional Ethics Committee, this prospective observational study was conducted among 45 patients undergoing orthopedic surgeries of the lower limb using a pneumatic tourniquet. Changes in intracranial pressure following tourniquet deflation were recorded by measuring ONSD by ultrasound in these patients. Heart rate (HR), mean arterial pressure (MAP), SpO(2), EtCO(2), and ONSD were noted 15 minutes before administration of subarachnoid block (T0), just before tourniquet deflation (T1) and at 5, 10, and 15 minutes after tourniquet deflation (T5, T10, and T15, respectively). Results The ONSD varied significantly at each point of observation (p < 0.05). The ONSDs at 5 and 10 minutes after the deflation of the tourniquet were significantly greater than that at T0 (p = 0.002). EtCO(2) showed a significant increase compared to baseline values at every point of observation intraoperatively whereas MAP showed a significant decrease (p < 0.05). For all parameters (ONSD, HR, systolic blood pressure, diastolic blood pressure, MAP, and EtCO(2)), the most significant change in observation was noted at T10, i.e., 10 minutes after the deflation of the tourniquet.   Conclusions The significant finding in this study was that the ONSD measurements recorded by ultrasound were increased after the deflation of the tourniquet and that this change can be attributed to an increase in EtCO(2). However, the results obtained cannot be validated outside the present research owing to the observational nature of the study and limited sample size. Thus, it is difficult to arrive at a definitive conclusion. Further large-scale multicentric studies may be needed to substantiate the findings of this study. Cureus 2023-10-09 /pmc/articles/PMC10630625/ /pubmed/38022169 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.46700 Text en Copyright © 2023, Venkateswarlu et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Mahanty, Pratap Rudra
Sahu, Seelora
Sharma, Prashant
Nag, Deb Sanjay
Effect of Tourniquet Deflation on Intracranial Pressure Measured by Ultrasound of the Optic Nerve Sheath Diameter in Patients Undergoing Orthopedic Surgery Under Spinal Anesthesia: An Observational Study
title Effect of Tourniquet Deflation on Intracranial Pressure Measured by Ultrasound of the Optic Nerve Sheath Diameter in Patients Undergoing Orthopedic Surgery Under Spinal Anesthesia: An Observational Study
title_full Effect of Tourniquet Deflation on Intracranial Pressure Measured by Ultrasound of the Optic Nerve Sheath Diameter in Patients Undergoing Orthopedic Surgery Under Spinal Anesthesia: An Observational Study
title_fullStr Effect of Tourniquet Deflation on Intracranial Pressure Measured by Ultrasound of the Optic Nerve Sheath Diameter in Patients Undergoing Orthopedic Surgery Under Spinal Anesthesia: An Observational Study
title_full_unstemmed Effect of Tourniquet Deflation on Intracranial Pressure Measured by Ultrasound of the Optic Nerve Sheath Diameter in Patients Undergoing Orthopedic Surgery Under Spinal Anesthesia: An Observational Study
title_short Effect of Tourniquet Deflation on Intracranial Pressure Measured by Ultrasound of the Optic Nerve Sheath Diameter in Patients Undergoing Orthopedic Surgery Under Spinal Anesthesia: An Observational Study
title_sort effect of tourniquet deflation on intracranial pressure measured by ultrasound of the optic nerve sheath diameter in patients undergoing orthopedic surgery under spinal anesthesia: an observational study
topic Neurology
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10630625/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/38022169
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.46700
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