Surface electrodes are not sufficient to detect neurotonic discharges: Observations in a porcine model and clinical review of deltoid electromyographic monitoring using multiple electrodes

Journal of Clinical Monitoring and Computing

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 131-139

  Skinner, Stanley A ^a   Transfeldt, Ensor E ^a   Savik, Kay ^b  

^a ABBOTT NORTHWESTERN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Electromyography; Intraoperative neurophysiological monitoring; Spine surgery

Indexed keywords

ELECTRODES; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; NEUROLOGY; PATIENT MONITORING; SURGERY;

DELTOID ELECTROMYOGRAPHIC MONITORING; GENERAL ESTIMATING EQUATIONS(GEE); INTRAMUSCULAR NEEDLE ELECTRODE; NEUROTONIC GENERATION;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

ADULT; AGED; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELTOID MUSCLE; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRODE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; FEMALE; FRIEDMAN TEST; HUMAN; LUMBAR SPINAL CORD; MALE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MCNEMAR TEST; MYOTOME; NEEDLE; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NERVE ROOT COMPRESSION; NONHUMAN; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPINAL CORD DECOMPRESSION; SPINE SURGERY; SWINE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMALS; CERVICAL PLEXUS; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; ELECTRODES; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUMBOSACRAL REGION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, INTRAOPERATIVE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEEDLES; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; SHOULDER; SKIN; SPINAL NERVE ROOTS; SWINE;

EID: 41949141016     PISSN: 13871307     EISSN: 15732614     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10877-008-9114-3     Document Type: Article

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