Peripheral nerve stimulation and monitoring during operative procedures

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 159-170

  Crum, Brian A ^a   Strommen, Jeffrey A ^a   Stucky, S C ^b  

^a Mayo Clinic   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Brachial plexopathy; Intraoperative monitoring; Intraoperative nerve stimulation; Motor evoked potentials; Nerve root avulsion; Somatosensory evoked potentials

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; CASE REPORT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED RESPONSE; HUMAN; MALE; NERVE BIOPSY; NERVE COMPRESSION; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE LESION; NERVE PLEXUS; NERVE ROOT; NERVE STIMULATION; NERVE SURGERY; NERVE TUMOR; NEUROPATHY; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; PERIPHERAL NERVE; PERONEAL NEUROPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULNAR NERVE;

ANIMALS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EVOKED POTENTIALS; HUMANS; MONITORING, INTRAOPERATIVE; NEURAL CONDUCTION; PERIPHERAL NERVES;

EID: 33846987199     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: 10974598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mus.20707     Document Type: Article

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