Intraoperative neurophysiologic monitoring for intramedullary spinal cord tumor surgery

Operative Techniques in Neurosurgery

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 2-8

  Kothbauer, Karl F ^a  

^a BETH ISRAEL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER SURGERY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MOTOR CORTEX; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NEUROSURGERY; PATIENT MONITORING; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPINAL CORD TUMOR;

EID: 0037543018     PISSN: 1092440X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1092-440X(03)90002-8     Document Type: Review

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