Upper and lower extremity somatosensory evoked potential recording during surgery for aneurysms of the descending thoracic aorta

European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 299-304

  Shahin, G M M ^a   Hamerlijnck, R P H M ^a   Schepens, M A A M ^a   Ter Beek, H T M ^a   Vermeulen, F E E ^a   Boezeman, E H J F ^a  

^a ST ANTONIUS HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Aneurysm; Atriofemoral bypass; Descending thoracic aorta; False positives; Somatosensory evoked potentials

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARM; ARTICLE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISSECTING ANEURYSM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISCHEMIA; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LEG; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT MONITORING; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPINAL CORD; THORACIC AORTA ANEURYSM; TIBIAL NERVE; VASCULARIZATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANEURYSM, DISSECTING; AORTIC ANEURYSM, THORACIC; ARM; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, SOMATOSENSORY; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; ISCHEMIA; LEG; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, INTRAOPERATIVE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; REACTION TIME; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL CORD; TIBIAL NERVE;

EID: 0029691651     PISSN: 10107940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1010-7940(96)80086-8     Document Type: Article

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