Transcranial and direct cortical stimulation for motor evoked potential monitoring in intracerebral aneurysm surgery

Neurophysiologie Clinique

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 391-398

  Szelenyi A ^a   Langer, D ^b   Beck, J ^a   Raabe, A ^a   Flamm, E S ^c   Seifert, V ^a   Deletis, V ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL FRANKFURT   (Germany)

^b ST LUKE S ROOSEVELT HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

^c MONTEFIORE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebral aneurysm; Direct cortical stimulation; Intracerebral aneurysm; Intraoperative monitoring; Motor evoked potentials; Postoperative motor deficit; Transcranial electric stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN ARTERY ANEURYSM; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTRODE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOTOR CORTEX; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PATIENT MONITORING; STIMULUS RESPONSE; SURGEON;

ADULT; AGED; ANESTHESIA; BRAIN; CEREBRAL CORTEX; DATABASES, FACTUAL; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; EVOKED POTENTIALS, SOMATOSENSORY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, INTRAOPERATIVE; MOTOR CORTEX; MOVEMENT DISORDERS; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 36849091063     PISSN: 09877053     EISSN: 17697131     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neucli.2007.09.006     Document Type: Article

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