Spinal cord monitoring using intraoperative somatosensory evoked potentials for spinal trauma

Journal of Spinal Disorders and Techniques

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 385-394

  Tsirikos, Athanasios I ^a   Aderinto, Joseph ^a   Tucker, Stewart K ^a   Noordeen, Hilali H ^a  

^a ROYAL NATIONAL ORTHOPAEDIC HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Spinal cord monitoring; Spine; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARTICLE; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; FEMALE; FRACTURE DISLOCATION; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SCOLIOSIS; SPINAL CORD; SPINE INJURY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VERTEBRA DISLOCATION; VERTEBRA FRACTURE; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD INJURY; CONTROLLED STUDY; INCIDENCE; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PROGNOSIS; SPINAL CORD INJURY; THORACIC SPINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BONE SCREWS; CAUSALITY; CHILD; EVOKED POTENTIALS, SOMATOSENSORY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, INTRAOPERATIVE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; SPINAL FRACTURES; SPINAL FUSION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 12744262991     PISSN: 15360652     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.bsd.0000095825.98982.1a     Document Type: Article

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