The use of a circumferential cathode improves amplitude of intraoperative electrical transcranial myogenic motor evoked responses

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 82, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1011-1014

  Ubags, Leon H ^a   Kalkman, Cor J ^a,c   Been, Henk D ^a   Drummond, John C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANESTHESIA COMPLICATION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEPOLARIZATION; ELECTRIC CURRENT; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SPINE SURGERY;

EID: 0029926846     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000539-199605000-00022     Document Type: Article

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