Intraoperative electrophysiological monitoring in microvascular decompression for hemifacial spasm

Journal of Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 209-213

  Huang, Bor Ren ^a   Chang, Chen Nen ^a   Hsu, Jee Ching ^a  

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Brainstem auditory evoked potential; Electromyography; Hemifacial spasm; Microvascular decompression

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EVOKED BRAIN STEM AUDITORY RESPONSE; FACIAL NERVE; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; HEARING DISORDER; HEMIFACIAL SPASM; HUMAN; PATIENT MONITORING; PEROPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

CEREBRAL REVASCULARIZATION; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, AUDITORY, BRAIN STEM; FACIAL NERVE; HEMIFACIAL SPASM; HUMANS; MONITORING, INTRAOPERATIVE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 58149178485     PISSN: 09675868     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jocn.2008.04.016     Document Type: Article

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