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The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Vol 104, 256-261, Copyright © 1992 by The American Association for Thoracic Surgery and The Western Thoracic Surgical Association

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Pharmacologic interventions for prevention of spinal cord injury caused by aortic crossclamping

AK Qayumi, MT Janusz, WR Jamieson and DM Lyster
Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada.

The efficacy of pharmacologic agents for prevention and control of oxygen-derived free radical damage in ischemia-reperfusion injury of the spinal cord was assessed in a swine model of thoracic and thoracoabdominal aortic crossclamping. Animals were exposed to 30 minutes of ischemia that induced lethal, irreversible injury and paraplegia. The experimental groups were as follows: group A (n = 7), control group, receiving no pharmacologic intervention; group B (n = 7), deferoxamine 50 mg/kg/day administered intravenously over 3 to 4 hours before ischemia; group C (n = 7), allopurinol pretreatment 50 mg/kg/day for 3 days; and group D (n = 7), superoxide dismutase 60,000 units administered with 50,000 units before removal of the aortic crossclamp and 10,000 units over 10 minutes of reperfusion. Proximal hypertension was controlled with sodium nitroprusside and volume depletion. The methods of assessment were neurologic by a modified Tarlov criteria and blood flow by radiolabeled microspheres. Results of blood flow assessment confirmed a true ischemic episode of 30 minutes for all animals in all groups. The blood flow fell significantly during ischemia (p less than 0.01) and a hyperemic response was evident in the early reperfusion period. All animals in control group A were paraplegic. The group B (deferoxamine) results were superior; 85% had grade III function on a modified Tarlov scale, with animals in the group standing and even walking with difficulty. Only one animal in this group had good movements of hind limbs but was unable to stand or walk. Neurologic recovery was limited in the allopurinol group (group C), with 85% showing slight neurologic recovery with limited movement of the hind limbs. The animals in the superoxide dismutase group (group D) all had good recovery, with strong motor response of hind limbs, but were not able to stand. In summary, the results of this experimental protocol confirmed the possible role of oxygen-derived free radicals in the pathophysiology of spinal cord injury, induced by aortic crossclamping. Moreover, it proved that ischemia-reperfusion injury could be altered by pharmacologic interventions.

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