The role of evoked potential monitoring in operative management of type I and type II thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysms

Seminars in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 353-364

  Jacobs, Michael J ^a   Mess, Werner H ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Motor evoked potentials; Paraplegia

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ANEURYSM SURGERY; ARTICLE; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID DRAINAGE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; GRAY MATTER; HEMODYNAMIC MONITORING; HUMAN; INDUCED HYPOTHERMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; PARAPLEGIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPINAL CORD ISCHEMIA; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORACIC AORTA ANEURYSM;

EID: 0345874796     PISSN: 10430679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/S1043-0679(03)00084-4     Document Type: Review

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