Criteria for transcranial electrical motor evoked potential monitoring during spinal deformity surgery. A review and discussion of the literature

Neurophysiologie Clinique

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 431-439

  Langeloo, D D ^a   Journee H L ^a   de Kleuver, M ^a   Grotenhuis, J A ^b  

^a SINT MAARTENSKLINIEK   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Criteria; Motor evoked potential; Neuromonitoring; Spinal cord surgery; Transcranial electrical stimulation

Indexed keywords

AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARTICLE; CANCER SURGERY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CRITERION VARIABLE; DECISION MAKING; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; HUMAN; MONITORING; MORPHOLOGY; MUSCLE ACTION POTENTIAL; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PLASTIC SURGERY; SPINAL CORD TUMOR; SPINE MALFORMATION; SPINE SURGERY; TRANSCRANIAL ELECTRICAL STIMULATION;

DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; HUMANS; MONITORING, INTRAOPERATIVE; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; SPINE;

EID: 36849061787     PISSN: 09877053     EISSN: 17697131     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neucli.2007.07.007     Document Type: Article

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