Four-limb muscle motor evoked potential and optimized somatosensory evoked potential monitoring with decussation assessment: Results in 206 thoracolumbar spine surgeries

European Spine Journal

Volumn 16, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2007, Pages

  MacDonald, David B ^a   Al Zayed, Zayed ^a   Al Saddigi, Abdulmoneam ^a  

^a KING FAISAL SPECIALIST HOSPITAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Intraoperative monitoring; Motor evoked potentials; Scoliosis; Somatosensory evoked potentials; Spine surgery

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANESTHESIA; ARM; BROWN SEQUARD SYNDROME; CHILD; CONFERENCE PAPER; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEG; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NERVE INJURY; PARAPLEGIA; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIAL NERVE; RADICULOPATHY; SCOLIOSIS; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SPINE SURGERY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORACOLUMBAR SPINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; EVOKED POTENTIALS, SOMATOSENSORY; EXTREMITIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MONITORING, INTRAOPERATIVE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; SPINAL DISEASES; THORACIC VERTEBRAE;

EID: 35648979516     PISSN: 09406719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00586-007-0426-7     Document Type: Conference Paper

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