Impact of somatosensory evoked potential monitoring on cervical surgery

Journal of Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 122-128

  Kombos, Theodoros ^a   Suess, Olaf ^a   Da Silva, Carlos ^a   Ciklatekerlio, Öczan ^b   Nobis, Vera ^a   Brock, Mario ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Cervical surgery; Intraoperative monitoring; Somatosensory evoked potentials

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ARTICLE; CERVICAL MYELOPATHY; CERVICAL SPINE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATIENT MONITORING; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; SPINE SURGERY; SURGICAL APPROACH;

CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, SOMATOSENSORY; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; MONITORING, INTRAOPERATIVE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SPINAL DISEASES; SPINAL STENOSIS; SURGERY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0037501776     PISSN: 07360258     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004691-200304000-00006     Document Type: Article

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