Almost all patients in the period immediately preceding surgery, even if the threat to life is small, experience great excitement, and they have characteristic signs of stress. It was shown that at this time the biochemical processes, the electrical activity of the brain, as well as a number of psychophysiological characteristics are significantly reconstructed (L.R. Zenkov, P.V. Melnichuk, 1985). Naturally, in this case, the energy processes of the brain change significantly, since the activation of GNSS and related phenomena occur.
We registered AMR in 8 patients with lumbosacral radiculitis at the age of 44-50 years old, who were in the clinic of nervous diseases of the Moscow Medical Academy named after THEM. Sechenov. Neurological examination did not reveal any pathological changes in the central nervous system. Measurement of SCP was carried out in 17 leads according to the standard method immediately before premedication for surgical treatment – decompression of the roots of the spinal cord, squeezed by herniated discs.
Patients had signs of emotional stress associated with the upcoming operation. In all cases, SCP was significantly increased compared with the age norm; in addition, there was no significant increase in SCP in the dominant hemisphere, compared with the subdominant one .
Mapping of SCP in patients with lumbosacral radiculitis before surgery and in the control group of healthy subjects.
Fp – mandibular, F – frontal, C – central, T – temporal, P – parietal, O – occipital region of registration; s, z, d are the left parasagittal, sagittal and right parasagittal lines, respectively. For mapping, the average SCP values were used for groups of patients and healthy subjects. The color scale of the soft starter is presented at the bottom of the figure.
AMR disturbances in patients under preoperative stress had a significant similarity with changes in this indicator among mountain rescuers expecting an alarm. This indicates the same type of changes in cerebral energy exchange, accompanied by acidification of the brain under stresses of various nature.