Improved neuromonitoring during spinal surgery using double-train transcranial electrical stimulation

Medical and Biological Engineering and Computing

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 110-113

  Journee H L ^a   Polak, H E ^a   de Kleuver, M ^a   Langeloo, D D ^a   Postma, A A ^a  

^a Sint Maartenskliniek ^*  (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Double train stimulation; Inter stimulus interval; Motor evoked potentials; Preconditioning; TES; Transcranial stimulation

Indexed keywords

BONE; MONITORING; MUSCLE; PATIENT TREATMENT;

MOTOR EVOKED POTENTIALS (MEP); NEUROMONITORING;

NEUROLOGY;

NITROUS OXIDE; OXYGEN; PROPOFOL; REMIFENTANIL;

AMPLIFIER; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ANESTHESIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; EVOKED SPINAL CORD RESPONSE; FACILITATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INSTRUMENTAL CONDITIONING; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MUSCLE EXCITATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM; PATIENT MONITORING; SPINAL CORD FUNCTION; SPINE SURGERY; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR MUSCLE;

ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; HUMANS; MONITORING, INTRAOPERATIVE; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CURVATURES;

EID: 1042280279     PISSN: 01400118     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02351019     Document Type: Article

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