Intraoperative electroneurodiagnostics (transcranial electrical motor evoked potentials) to evaluate the functional status of anterior spinal roots and spinal nerves during brachial plexus surgery

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 99, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1632-1641

  Turkof, Edvin ^a,b   Millesi, Hanno ^a   Turkof, Raoul ^a   Pfundner, Peter ^a   Mayr, Norbert ^a  

^a Allgemeines Krankenhaus der Stadt Wien ^*

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; BRACHIAL PLEXUS INJURY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NERVE SURGERY; PATIENT MONITORING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VENTRAL ROOT;

EID: 0030924975     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006534-199705010-00025     Document Type: Article

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