P Pu ur rp po os se e: : Phonomyography is based on the creation of low frequency sounds during muscle contraction, which can be recorded and used for neuromuscular monitoring. In this study, balloon pressure mechanomyography, a novel method to measure the force of contraction via pressure changes in an air-filled balloon, was compared with phonomyography to determine neuromuscular blockade at the corrugator supercilii muscle.
M Me et th ho od d: :After approval of the Ethics Committee and informed consent, 15 patients were studied. A small condenser microphone was taped to the area just above the eyebrow for phonomyography; an air-filled balloon was taped to the area just above the opposite eyebrow. After induction of anesthesia using remifentanil and propofol, a laryngeal mask airway was inserted without the aid of neuromuscular blocking agents. The facial nerve was stimulated supramaximally with single-twitch stimulation (0.1 Hz) using superficial electrodes placed on both temporal areas for onset and train-of-four stimulation every 12 sec during offset of neuromuscular blockade produced by mivacurium 0.1 mg·kg -1 . Onset and recovery measured by the two methods were compared using the t test and agreement between phonomyography and balloon pressure mechanomyography was examined using the Bland-Altman method.R Re es su ul lt ts s: : Onset, peak effect, and time to reach 25%, 75%, and 90% of control twitch response for phonomyography vs balloon pressure method were 83 ± 16 sec vs 81 ± 15 sec, 80 ± 15% vs 82 ± 17%, 7.7 ± 2.3 min vs 7.5 ± 2.4 min, 9.9 ± 4.1 min vs 10.5 ± 4 min, and 12.6 ± 4.3 min vs 13.1 ± 4.5 min respectively without being significantly different. Mean bias was 1% with limits of agreement of -9 and +9% of twitch height (T1).C Co on nc cl lu us si io on n: : We applied a balloon pressure method to measure the force at the corrugator supercilii. Phonomyography at the corrugator supercilii shows good agreement with this modified version of mechanomyography.
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