Patient | Pre-surgery | Post-surgery | |||||||
Day 10 | Month 1 | Month 6 | Month 12 | Month 18 | Month 24 | ||||
#1 | Not possible | ||||||||
Spontaneous ventilation | No | No | No | No | No | No | |||
CMS | MEP | No response | No response | No response | No response | Bilateral | Bilateral | ||
Ptr | No response | No response | No response | No response | −1 cmH2O | −2 cmH2O | |||
AB | No response | No response | No response | No response | Artefact | Expansion | |||
TMS | No response | No response | No response | No response | No response | No response | |||
#2 | Exclusion | ||||||||
Spontaneous ventilation | No | ||||||||
CMS | MEP | Present | |||||||
Ptr | −5 cmH2O | ||||||||
AB | Deflation | ||||||||
TMS | No response | ||||||||
#3 | Deceased | ||||||||
Spontaneous ventilation | No | No | No | ||||||
CMS | MEP | No response | No response | No response | |||||
Ptr | No response | No response | No response | ||||||
AB | No response | No response | No response | ||||||
TMS | No response | No response | No response | ||||||
#4 | |||||||||
Spontaneous ventilation | No | No | No | No | No | No | 1 min | ||
CMS | MEP | No response | No response | No response | Bilateral | Bilateral | Bilateral | Bilateral | |
Ptr | No response | No response | No response | No response | −3 cmH2O | −3 cmH2O | −6 cmH2O | ||
AB | No response | No response | No response | No response | Expansion | Expansion | Expansion | ||
TMS | No response | No response | No response | No response | No response | No response | No response | ||
#5 | Spontaneous ventilation | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | |
CMS | MEP | No response | No response | Artefact | Bilateral | Bilateral | Bilateral | Bilateral | |
Ptr | No response | No response | No response | No response | No response | No response | Artefact | ||
AB | No response | No response | No response | Deflation | Deflation | Deflation | Expansion | ||
TMS | No response | No response | Artefact | No response | No response | No response | No response |
CMS: cervical magnetic stimulation; TMS: transcranial magnetic stimulation; MEP: motor evoked potential; Ptr: tracheal pressure; AB: abdominal circumference.