Electrophysiological intraoperative monitoring in the surgery of brain stem lesions

Neurological Surgery

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 311-320

  Sekiya, Tetsuji ^a   Suzuki, Shigeharu ^a  

^a HIROSAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

brain stem; intraoperative monitoring; surgery

Indexed keywords

BRAIN STEM INJURY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; EVOKED BRAIN STEM RESPONSE; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MUSCLE ACTION POTENTIAL; NEUROECTODERM TUMOR; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; PATIENT MONITORING; REVIEW;

BRAIN STEM; CHILD; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, AUDITORY, BRAIN STEM; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; EVOKED POTENTIALS, SOMATOSENSORY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MONITORING, INTRAOPERATIVE;

EID: 0029980506     PISSN: 03012603     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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