Intraoperative improvements of somatosensory evoked potentials: Correlation to clinical outcome in surgery for cervical spondylitic myelopathy

Spine

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 589-594

  Bouchard, Jacques A ^a,c   Bohlman, Henry H ^b   Biro, Chris ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

anterior cervical decompression; evoked potentials; myelopathy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLADDER FUNCTION; CERVICAL SPINE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MEDIAN NERVE; MOBILIZATION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NERVE STIMULATION; POSTERIOR TIBIAL NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPINAL CORD DECOMPRESSION; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; SPINE FUSION; SPONDYLITIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; DISABILITY EVALUATION; EVOKED POTENTIALS, SOMATOSENSORY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MONITORING, INTRAOPERATIVE; MYELOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPONDYLITIS; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0029986627     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-199603010-00011     Document Type: Article

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