Monitoring of facial evoked EMG for hemifacial spasm: A critical analysis of its prognostic value

Acta Neurochirurgica

Volumn 143, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 365-368

  Kiya, Nobuo ^a,b   Bannur, U ^a   Yamauchi, A ^a   Yoshida, K ^a   Kato, Y ^a   Kanno, T ^a  

^a FUJITA HEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b FUJITA HEALTH UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Facial evoked EMG; Hemifacial spasm; Lateral spread response; Microvascular decompression

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEMIFACIAL SPASM; HUMAN; MALE; MICROVASCULAR SURGERY; PATIENT MONITORING; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RECORDING; RECURRENT DISEASE; RELIABILITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FACIAL MUSCLES; FACIAL NERVE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HEMIFACIAL SPASM; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE CARE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0034996031     PISSN: 00016268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s007010170091     Document Type: Article

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