Transcranial electric motor evoked potential detection of compressional peroneal nerve injury in the lateral decubitus position

Journal of Clinical Monitoring and Computing

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 319-326

  Bhalodia, Vidya M ^a   Sestokas, Anthony K ^a   Tomak, Patrick R ^b   Schwartz, Daniel M ^a  

^a Surgical Monitoring Associates Inc   (United States)

^b Connecticut Neurosurgery ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Intraoperative neurophysiological monitoring; Lateral decubitus position; Motor evoked potentials; Peroneal nerve palsy; Somatosensory evoked potentials

Indexed keywords

BIOELECTRIC POTENTIALS; DATA COMPRESSION; ELECTRIC LOCOMOTIVES; ELECTRIC MACHINERY; ELECTRIC MOTORS; SURGERY;

INTRAOPERATIVE NEUROPHYSIOLOGICAL MONITORING; LATERAL DECUBITUS POSITION; MOTOR EVOKED POTENTIALS; PERONEAL NERVE PALSY; SOMATOSENSORY EVOKED POTENTIALS;

MOTORS;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY POSITION; CASE REPORT; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; HUMAN; MALE; NERVE COMPRESSION; NERVE INJURY; NERVE STIMULATION; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT MONITORING; PATIENT POSITIONING; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; PERONEUS NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINE SURGERY; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR MUSCLE;

ADULT; AGED; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; HUMANS; MALE; NERVE COMPRESSION SYNDROMES; PERONEAL NERVE; PERONEAL NEUROPATHIES; POSTURE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 51049115122     PISSN: 13871307     EISSN: 15732614     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10877-008-9136-x     Document Type: Article

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