Intraoperative improvement of somatosensory evoked potentials and local spinal cord blood flow in patients with syringomyelia

Journal of Neurosurgical Anesthesiology

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 208-215

  Milhorat, Thomas H ^a   Kotzen, Rene M ^a   Capocelli Jr , Anthony L ^a   Bolognese, Paolo ^a   Bendo, Audree A ^a   Cottrell, James E ^a  

^a SUNY DOWNSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Laser doppler flowmetry; Spinal cord blood flow; SSEP's; Syringomyelia

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LASER DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD BLOOD FLOW; SPINAL CORD DECOMPRESSION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYRINGOMYELIA;

EID: 0029976975     PISSN: 08984921     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00008506-199607000-00004     Document Type: Article

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