The reliability of evoked spinal cord potentials elicited by direct stimulation of the cord as a monitor of spinal cord ischemia during temporary occlusion of the thoracic aorta

Panminerva Medica

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 78-84

  Matsui, Y ^a,b   Shiiya, N ^a   Ishii, K ^a   Murashita, T ^a   Sasaki, S ^a   Sakuma, M ^a   Yasuda, K ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Evoked potentials, spinal cord; Paraplegia; Spinal cord ischemia

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EVOKED RESPONSE; HUMAN; ISCHEMIA; METHODOLOGY; PATIENT MONITORING; PHYSIOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; REPRODUCIBILITY; SPINAL CORD; THORACIC AORTA; THORACIC AORTA ANEURYSM; VASCULARIZATION;

AORTA, THORACIC; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; AORTIC ANEURYSM, THORACIC; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EVOKED POTENTIALS; HUMANS; ISCHEMIA; MONITORING, INTRAOPERATIVE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 0031154960     PISSN: 00310808     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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