Somatosensory- and motor-evoked potential monitoring during spine and spinal cord surgery

Spinal Cord

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 86-91

  Costa, P ^a   Bruno, A ^a   Bonzanino, M ^a   Massaro, F ^a   Caruso, L ^a   Vincenzo, I ^a   Ciaramitaro, P ^a   Montalenti, E ^b  

^a CTO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Electrically elicited motor evoked potentials; Intraoperative neurophysiologic monitoring; Somatosensory evoked potentials; Spinal cord surgery; Spine surgery; Transcranial

Indexed keywords

FENTANYL; PROPOFOL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANESTHESIA; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MUSCLE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROMUSCULAR BLOCKING; PATIENT MONITORING; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECORDING; RELIABILITY; SAFETY; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SPINAL CORD POTENTIAL; SPINAL CORD SURGERY; SPINE SURGERY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; EVOKED POTENTIALS, SOMATOSENSORY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, INTRAOPERATIVE; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPINAL CORD; SPINE;

EID: 33846057129     PISSN: 13624393     EISSN: 14765624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.sc.3101934     Document Type: Article

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