Spinal cord monitoring with somatosensory techniques

Journal of Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 183-193

  Nuwer, Marc R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; HUMAN; NERVE STIMULATION; PATIENT MONITORING; PEROPERATIVE CARE; REVIEW; SPINAL CORD STIMULATION; SURGICAL RISK; TIBIAL NERVE;

ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, SOMATOSENSORY; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; ISCHEMIA; MONITORING, INTRAOPERATIVE; PARAPLEGIA; PERIPHERAL NERVES; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINAL CORD INJURIES;

EID: 0031815006     PISSN: 07360258     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004691-199805000-00002     Document Type: Review

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