Die Verwendung eines Nervenstimulators zur sicheren Platzierung von Ilisarov-Drähten

• DOI: 10.1007/s00064-006-1177-2
• Publication Date: 2006-11-14T00:46:08Z
• Authors: Nicholas L. Shortt; Gary F. Keenan; Andrew Y. Muir; A. Hamish R. W. S...
• Keywords: Postoperative Care; Iatrogenic Disease; Ilizarov Technique; Surgical Instruments; Electric Stimulation; 03 medical and health sciences; 0302 clinical medicine; Peripheral Nerve Injuries; Preoperative Care; Humans; Peripheral Nerves; Safety; Bone Wires

Avoidance of potential iatrogenic nerve injury during insertion of Ilizarov fine wires into areas of high anatomic risk by using a modified nerve stimulation technique.Application of the Ilizarov ring fixator to areas of high anatomic hazard, in situations where anatomic topography may be distorted by previous surgery, trauma, or congenital anomalies.Use of systemic muscle relaxants. Caution in patient with cardiac pacemaker.Preliminary experiments showed that a standard nerve-stimulating device can deliver a negatively charged, monophasic square pulse of current through Ilizarov wires. During the application of an Ilizarov frame to potentially hazardous anatomic regions, providing no systemic muscle relaxants are used, a voltage field sufficient to cause nerves in close proximity to the Ilizarov wire to depolarize is produced. Identification of a distal muscle twitch provoked by the stimulation may indicate a potential for iatrogenic nerve injury.Results show that with the nerve stimulator set at 2.5 mA (pulsed at a frequency of 2 Hz), peripheral nerves are stimulated if they lie within 5 mm of the wires. Should a distal muscle twitch occur, wires should be repositioned so that equivalent stimulation produces no twitch. The technique was used during Ilizarov frame application in ten patients, with only a single occurrence of distal muscle twitches in a lower-leg frame. Following repositioning of the Ilizarov wire in this case, no further twitches were observed, indicating that no Ilizarov wire was inserted close to peripheral nerves. No neurologic impairment was present postoperatively.