Embolization of a spinal arteriovenous malformation: Correlation between motor evoked potentials and angiographic findings: Technical case report

Neurosurgery

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 932-938

  Sala, Francesco ^a,c   Niimi, Yasunari ^a   Krzan, Matevz J ^b   Berenstein, Alex ^c   Deletis, Vedran ^a  

^a Division of Intraoperative Neurophysiology   (United States)

^b Center for Endovascular Surgery   (United States)

^c BETH ISRAEL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Embolization; Intraoperative monitoring; Motor evoked potential; Spinal arteriovenous malformation; Transcranial electrical stimulation

Indexed keywords

PAPAVERINE; POLYVINYL ALCOHOL;

ADULT; ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATION; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DRUG EFFECT; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTRAARTERIAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL ANGIOGRAPHY; SPINAL CORD BLOOD FLOW; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SPINE;

EID: 0032865911     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006123-199910000-00045     Document Type: Article

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