Evaluation of traumatic cervical nerve root injuries by intraoperative evoked potentials

Neurosurgery

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 1182-1190

  Oberle, Joachim ^a   Antoniadis, Gregor ^b   Kast, Erich ^a   Richter, Hans Peter ^b   Winfree, Christopher J ^c   McCormick, Paul C ^c   Benzel, Edward C ^c   Sonntag, Volker K H ^c   Kline, David G ^c   Kliot, Michel ^c  

^a Neurosurgical Department   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Brachial plexus injuries; Intraoperative evoked potentials

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRACHIAL PLEXUS INJURY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; EVOKED RESPONSE; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LAMINECTOMY; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; NECK MUSCLE; NERVE STIMULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ADULT; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EVOKED POTENTIALS; EVOKED POTENTIALS, SOMATOSENSORY; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NECK; SPINAL NERVE ROOTS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 0036870253     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006123-200211000-00012     Document Type: Article

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