Intraoperative spinal cord monitoring for intramedullary surgery: An essential adjunct

Pediatric Neurosurgery

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 247-254

  Kothbauer, Karl ^a   Deletis, Vedran ^a   Epstein, Fred J ^a  

^a BETH ISRAEL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Intraoperative monitoring; Motor evoked potentials; Neurophysiology; Spinal cord tumor, pediatric

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; DATA ANALYSIS; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; FEMALE; GLIOMA; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROFIBROMA; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SPINAL CORD FUNCTION; SPINAL CORD TUMOR;

EID: 0031457456     PISSN: 10162291     EISSN: 14230305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000121199     Document Type: Article

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