Monitoring of nerve root injury using transcranial motor-evoked potentials in a pig model

Spine

Volumn 33, Issue 14, 2008, Pages

  Mok, James M ^a   Lyon, Russ ^b   Lieberman, Jeremy A ^c   Cloyd, Jordan M ^a   Burch, Shane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Departments of Perioperative Services

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Animal model; Electromyography; EMG; Intraoperative neuromonitoring; Nerve root injury; Spinal surgery; TcMEPs; Transcranial motor evoked potentials

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRODE; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FEMALE; MOTOR CORTEX; MYOTOME; NERVE ROOT INJURY; NONHUMAN; PATIENT MONITORING; PEROPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUS FEMORIS MUSCLE; RISK FACTOR; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR MUSCLE; VASTUS LATERALIS MUSCLE; VASTUS MEDIALIS MUSCLE; ANIMAL; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; INNERVATION; LIGATION; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SPINAL ROOT; SWINE;

ANIMALS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FEMALE; LIGATION; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MODELS, ANIMAL; MONITORING, INTRAOPERATIVE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPINAL NERVE ROOTS; SWINE;

EID: 50649111477     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e318178e67f     Document Type: Article

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