Endotracheal tube electrodes to map and monitor activities of the vagus nerve intraoperatively: Technical note

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 101, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 536-540

  Mikuni, Nobuhiro ^a   Satow, Takeshi ^a   Taki, Junya ^a   Nishida, Namiko ^a   Enatsu, Rei ^a   Hashimoto, Nobuo ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cavernoma; Endotracheal tube electrode; Intraoperative mapping; Jugular foramen; Vagus nerve

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DYSPHAGIA; ELECTRODE; ELECTROMYOGRAM; ELECTROSTIMULATION; ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE; FORAMEN MAGNUM; HUMAN; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; MOTOR NERVE; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; SCHOOL CHILD; SURGICAL ANATOMY; VAGUS NERVE; VOCAL CORD;

EID: 4143073634     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/jns.2004.101.3.0536     Document Type: Article

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