Intraoperative recording of the bulbocavernosus reflex

Neurosurgery

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 88-93

  Deletis, Vedran ^a   Vodusek, David B ^b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTRE LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Bulbocavernosus reflex; Cauda equina; Conus medullaris; Intraoperative; monitoring

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUDA EQUINA; CHILD; CORPUS CAVERNOSUM; FEMALE; HABITUATION; HUMAN; INFANT; INTRACELLULAR RECORDING; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONITORING; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUDENDAL NERVE; SYMPATHETIC REFLEX;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANAL CANAL; CAUDA EQUINA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLITORIS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, INTRAOPERATIVE; PENIS; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; REACTION TIME; REFLEX; RHIZOTOMY; SPINAL CORD DISEASES;

EID: 0031032738     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006123-199701000-00019     Document Type: Article

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