Myogenic motor-evoked potential monitoring using partial neuromuscular blockade in surgery of the spine

Spine

Volumn 21, Issue 14, 1996, Pages 1676-1686

  Lang, Erhard W ^a,d   Beutler, Andreas S ^a   Chesnut, Randall M ^a   Patel, Piyush M ^b   Kennelly, Nicholas A ^b   Kalkman, Cor J ^b   Drummond, John C ^b   Garfin, Steven R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b University of California   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

motor evoked potentials; partial neuromuscular blockade; spinal cord monitoring; spinal cord surgery; transcranial electrical stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANESTHESIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FEMALE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; MALE; MONITORING; NERVE INJURY; NEUROMUSCULAR BLOCKING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; SPINE SURGERY; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR MUSCLE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, INTRAOPERATIVE; MOTOR CORTEX; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEUROMUSCULAR BLOCKADE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPINAL CORD; SPINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0029943127     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-199607150-00013     Document Type: Article

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