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Anesthesia During Neurophysiologic Monitoring in Scoliosis Patients

NCT01549873 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 30

Last updated 2015-02-26

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Summary

When patients have spinal surgery, electrodes are placed on the body to measure motor evoked potentials (MEP) and somatosensory evoked potentials (SSEP). Many hospitals only use IV anesthesia because they feel that measuring MEP and SSEP is easier using IV anesthesia. At this hospital the investigators typically use inhaled anesthesia and are able to successfully measure MEP and SSEP. This is a study to find out if one method of anesthesia is better than the other for measuring MEP and SSEP.

Conditions

  • Idiopathic Scoliosis

Interventions

DRUG

propofol

Propofol adjusted to maintain the bispectral index at 40-60.

DRUG

Desflurane

Desflurane adjusted to maintain the bispectral index at 40-60.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Nationwide Children's Hospital

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Joseph D Tobias, MD · Nationwide Children's Hospital

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2012-01-31
Primary Completion
2013-04-30
Completion
2013-06-30

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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