Neurophysiological intraoperative monitoring in neurosurgery: Aid or handicap? An international survey

Neurosurgical Focus

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2009, Pages

  Čabraja, Mario ^a   Stockhammer, Florian ^a   Mularski, Sven ^a   Suess, Olaf ^a   Kombos, Theodoros ^a   Vajkoczy, Peter ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Central nervous system; Eloquent cortex; Neurophysiological monitoring

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EDUCATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; METHODOLOGY; MONITORING; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NEUROSURGERY; ORGANIZATION; PATIENT MONITORING; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS;

ACADEMIES AND INSTITUTES; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; DATA COLLECTION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, SOMATOSENSORY; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; MONITORING, INTRAOPERATIVE; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NEUROSURGERY; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 70350059103     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10920684     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2009.7.FOCUS0969     Document Type: Article

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