Resumen
The aim of our study was to evaluate the usefulness of intraoperative cerebral oxygenation monitoring during spinal surgery. Study includes specifically spinal neurosurgical patients, as spinal surgery, being performed in prone position, carries a certain risk for altered cerebral blood perfusion and oxygen supply. As a result, we show a benefit of cerebral oxygen saturation non-invasive intraoperative monitoring using Near infrared spectroscopy devices cerebral oximeters as in couple of patients we saw cerebral oxygen saturation drop below threshold values that would otherwise stay unrecognized as other intraoperative measurements stayed stable during cerebral oxygen desaturation.