Motor evoked potential monitoring during spinal surgery: Responses of distal limb muscles to transcranial cortical stimulation with pulse trains

Electroencephalography and Clinical Neurophysiology - Evoked Potentials

Volumn 100, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 375-383

  Jones, S J ^a   Harrison, R ^a   Koh, K F ^a   Mendoza, N ^a   Crockard, H A ^a  

^a NATIONAL HOSPITAL FOR NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Motor evoked potentials; Peroperative monitoring; Propofol anaesthesia; Spinal surgery; Transcranial cortical stimulation

Indexed keywords

ALFENTANIL; MIDAZOLAM; NITROUS OXIDE; PROPOFOL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INHALATIONAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINE SURGERY;

EID: 0030245683     PISSN: 01685597     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0168-5597(96)95728-7     Document Type: Article

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