Intraoperative neurophysiological monitoring in pediatric neurosurgery: Why, when, how?

Child's Nervous System

Volumn 18, Issue 6-7, 2002, Pages 264-287

  Sala, Francesco ^a   Kržan, Matevž J ^b   Deletis, Vedran ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF VERONA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTRE LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^c BETH ISRAEL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain mapping; Intraoperative neurophysiological monitoring; Motor evoked potentials; Pediatric neurosurgery; Somatosensory evoked potentials; Spinal cord monitoring

Indexed keywords

BRAIN CORTEX LESION; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; BRAIN STEM TUMOR; BRAIN SURGERY; CAUDA EQUINA; CRANIAL NERVE; EVOKED BRAIN STEM RESPONSE; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; HUMAN; MEDLINE; METHODOLOGY; MOTONEURON NUCLEUS; MOTOR SYSTEM; NERVE TRACT; NERVOUS TISSUE; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NEUROSURGERY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT MONITORING; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; PEER REVIEW; PERIPHERAL NERVE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PUBLICATION; RELIABILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; RHIZOTOMY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SENSORY CORTEX; SPASTICITY; SPINA BIFIDA; SPINAL CORD TUMOR; SPINE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TETHERED CORD SYNDROME;

EID: 0036664005     PISSN: 02567040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00381-002-0582-3     Document Type: Review

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