The role of somatosensory evoked potentials in the evaluation of spinal cord retethering

Pediatric Neurosurgery

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 126-133

  Li, Veetai ^a   Albright, A Leland ^b   Sclabassi, Robert ^a   Pang, Dachling ^c  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF BUFFALO   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Magnetic resonance imaging; Somatosensory evoked potentials; Spinal dysraphism; Tethered cord syndrome

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILDHOOD; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; RISK ASSESSMENT; TETHERED CORD SYNDROME;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EVOKED POTENTIALS, SOMATOSENSORY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MENINGOMYELOCELE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PERONEAL NERVE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; REACTION TIME; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPINA BIFIDA OCCULTA; SPINAL DYSRAPHISM;

EID: 0030016717     PISSN: 10162291     EISSN: 14230305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000121028     Document Type: Article

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