Abstract
Dysfunction of the peroneal nerve is an important complication of knee surgery. We compared two monitoring procedures of peroneal nerve function during a standardized operation, a closing wedge high tibial osteotomy. For two types of stimulation the evoked compound motor unit action potentials (CMAPs) were recorded on the tibialis anterior muscle. We used direct perineural electrical stimulation of the common peroneal nerve distal to the cuff (dCMAPs) after nerve identification in the surgical field. Additionally, magnetic stimulation of the sacral plexus proximal to the cuff (pCMAPs) was performed. It was found that dCMAPs were recorded during almost one hour of tourniquet time whereas the pCMAPs were blocked after 25–30 min in 9 out of 11 cases. On the other hand, the CMAP obtained after proximal stimulation exhibited a latency shift with tourniquet yielding an indicator of ischaemic changes present beneath and distal to the tourniquet cuff. In conclusion, different applicabilities of both stimulation techniques under tourniquet conditions were demonstrated.
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