Value of somatosensory evoked potentials in diagnosis, surgical monitoring and prognosis of cervical spondylotic myelopathy

Chinese Medical Journal

Volumn 121, Issue 15, 2008, Pages 1374-1378

  Ding, Yu ^a   Hu, Yong ^b   Ruan, Di Ke ^a   Chen, Bo ^a  

^a NAVY GENERAL HOSPITAL   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Cervical spondylotic myelopathy; Intraoperative monitoring; Somatosensory evoked potentials; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINE; CERVICAL SPONDYLOSIS; CERVICAL SPONDYLOTIC MYELOPATHY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EVOKED RESPONSE; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PATIENT MONITORING; PATIENT SAFETY; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PREDICTION; PROGNOSIS; SCORING SYSTEM; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; SPINE SURGERY; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

EID: 51349136202     PISSN: 03666999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00029330-200808010-00008     Document Type: Article

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