Electrophysiological monitoring during surgery for cervical degenerative myelopathy and radiculopathy

Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 245-252

  Resnick, Daniel K ^a   Anderson, Paul A ^b   Kaiser, Michael G ^c,i   Groff, Michael W ^d   Heary, Robert F ^e   Holly, Langston T ^f   Mummaneni, Praveen V ^g   Ryken, Timothy C ^h   Choudhri, Tanvir F ⁱ   Vresilovic, Edward J ^j   Matz, Paul G ^k,l  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c NEUROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF IOWA HOSPITALS AND CLINICS   (United States)

ⁱ MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^j PENN STATE MILTON S HERSHEY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^k UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^l Neurosurgery and Neurology LLC   (United States)

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Author keywords

Electrophysiological monitoring; Myelopathy; Practice guidelines; Radiculopathy; Spinal surgery; Treatment outcome

Indexed keywords

STEROID;

BRAIN INJURY; CERVICAL MYELOPATHY; CERVICAL SPONDYLOSIS; CERVICOBRACHIAL NEURALGIA; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; INCIDENCE; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MUSCLE ACTION POTENTIAL; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT MONITORING; REVIEW; SPINAL CORD DECOMPRESSION; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; SPINE SURGERY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; EVOKED POTENTIALS, SOMATOSENSORY; HUMANS; MONITORING, INTRAOPERATIVE; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; RADICULOPATHY; SPINAL CORD DISEASES; SPONDYLOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 68249126553     PISSN: 15475654     EISSN: 15475646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2009.2.SPINE08730     Document Type: Review

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