Somatosensory evoked potential monitoring during positioning of the patient for posterior fossa surgery in the semisitting position

Neurosurgery

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 36-42

  Deinsberger, Wolfgang ^a   Christophis, Petros ^a   Jödicke, Andreas ^a   Heesen, Michael ^a   Böker, Dieter Karsten ^a  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Myelopathy; Perioperative monitoring; Posterior fossa surgery; Sitting position; Somatosensory evoked potentials

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANIOTOMY; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; NERVE STIMULATION; NEUROSURGERY; PATIENT MONITORING; PATIENT POSITIONING; POSTERIOR FOSSA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL APPROACH; TIBIAL NERVE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BRAIN DISEASES; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EVOKED POTENTIALS, SOMATOSENSORY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, INTRAOPERATIVE; POSTURE; REACTION TIME; REFERENCE VALUES; RISK FACTORS; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION;

EID: 0031806804     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006123-199807000-00023     Document Type: Article

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