Upper-limb somatosensory evoked potential monitoring in lumbosacral spine surgery: a prognostic marker for position-related ulnar nerve injury

Spine Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 287-295

  Chung, Induk ^a   Glow, Jason A ^b   Dimopoulos, Vasilios ^a   Walid, M Sami ^a   Smisson, Hugh F ^a   Johnston, Kim W ^a   Robinson, Joe S ^a   Grigorian, Arthur A ^a  

^a MEDICAL CENTER OF CENTRAL GEORGIA   (United States)

^b MERCER UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Lumbar spine surgery; Postoperative ulnar neuropathy; Prone position; Ulnar somatosensory evoked potentials

Indexed keywords

DESFLURANE; FENTANYL; PROPOFOL; REMIFENTANIL; SEVOFLURANE; SUFENTANIL;

ADULT; AGED; ANESTHESIA LEVEL; ARM; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEG; LUMBOSACRAL SPINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NERVE INJURY; PARESIS; PATIENT MONITORING; PATIENT POSITIONING; PERONEUS NERVE; POSTERIOR TIBIAL NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINE SURGERY; ULNAR NERVE; VITAL SIGN; WRIST;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARM; DISKECTOMY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, SOMATOSENSORY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LAMINECTOMY; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, INTRAOPERATIVE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROGNOSIS; PRONE POSITION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SACRUM; SPINAL FUSION; ULNAR NERVE; ULNAR NEUROPATHIES;

EID: 62649095785     PISSN: 15299430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.spinee.2008.05.004     Document Type: Article

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