Comparison of transcranial electric motor and somatosensory evoked potential monitoring during cervical spine surgery

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 86, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1248-1253

  Hilibrand, Alan S ^a   Schwartz, Daniel M ^b   Sethuraman, Venkat ^a   Vaccaro, Alexander R ^a   Albert, Todd J ^a  

^a ROTHMAN INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Surgical Monitoring Associates Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED RESPONSE; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; OSSIFICATION; PATIENT MONITORING; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTERIOR LONGITUDINAL LIGAMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SPINE SURGERY; SURGICAL RISK; TRANSCRANIAL ELECTRIC MOTOR EVOKED POTENTIAL;

EID: 2642528878     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/00004623-200406000-00018     Document Type: Article

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