Loss of spinal cord monitoring signals in children during thoracic kyphosis correction with spinal osteotomy: Why does it occur and what should you do?

Spine

Volumn 33, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1093-1099

  Cheh, Gene ^a   Lenke, Lawrence G ^b,g   Padberg, Anne M ^c   Kim, Yongjung J ^d   Daubs, Michael D ^e   Kuhns, Craig ^b   Stobbs, Georgia ^b   Hensley, Marsha ^f  

^a Gimpo Airport Wooridul Spine Hospital   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c ST LOUIS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d Hospital for Special Surgery

^e UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^f Shriners Hospital for Children   (United States)

^g Campus Box 8233 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Multimodality monitoring; Neurogenic mixed evoked potentials; Pediatric kyphosis; Smith Petersen osteotomy; Vertebral column resection

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; HUMAN; KYPHOSIS; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; OSTEOTOMY; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; EVOKED POTENTIALS, SOMATOSENSORY; HUMANS; KYPHOSIS; MONITORING, INTRAOPERATIVE; OSTEOTOMY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 43049093751     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e31816f5f73     Document Type: Article

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