Characterization of neurophysiologic alerts during anterior cervical spine surgery

Spine

Volumn 31, Issue 17, 2006, Pages 1916-1922

  Lee, Joon Y ^a,e   Hilibrand, Alan S ^b   Lim, Moe R ^b   Zavatsky, Joseph ^c   Zeiller, Steven ^b   Schwartz, Daniel M ^d   Vaccaro, Alexander R ^b   Anderson, D Greg ^b   Albert, Todd J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ALBERT EINSTEIN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d Surgical Monitoring Associates Inc   (United States)

^e 1010 Kauffman Building ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Anterior cervical spine surgery; Motor evoked potentials; Neurophysiologic monitoring; Recommendations; Somatosensory evoked potentials

Indexed keywords

CERVICAL SPINE; CERVICAL SPONDYLOSIS; CERVICOBRACHIAL NEURALGIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPECTOMY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DEGENERATION; HUMAN; IATROGENIC DISEASE; INCIDENCE; INJURY; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCOLIOSIS; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; SPINE SURGERY;

ADULT; AGED; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; DISKECTOMY; EVOKED POTENTIALS; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, INTRAOPERATIVE; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENTS; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; WITHHOLDING TREATMENT;

EID: 33748028826     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.brs.0000228724.01795.a2     Document Type: Review

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