Abstract
Whether or not the anesthesiologist plays a primary role in monitoring spinal cord function in the operating room, optimal care and successful monitoring depend on his or her active cooperation. Pertinent physiology and pathophysiology are reviewed elsewhere in this symposium and will be addressed here only as they particularly pertain to anesthetic management. The goals of anesthetic management will be outlined, and a problem list for the anesthesiologist will be developed. Suggestions for using this problem list in pre-operative assessment and the development of a plan for anesthetic management will be discussed. Intraoperative complications and their management will be outlined, and a plan for management of postanesthetic recovery will be developed. Only those points which differ from the usual considerations in managing anesthesia for other procedures will be raised.
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Grundy, B.L. (1990). Anesthetic Considerations in Spinal Surgery. In: Salzman, S.K. (eds) Neural Monitoring. Neurotrauma. Humana Press, Totowa, NJ. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-0491-6_14
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