Impact of anesthesia on transcranial electric motor evoked potential monitoring during spine surgery: A review of the literature

Neurosurgical Focus

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2009, Pages

  Wang, Anthony C ^a   Than, Khoi D ^a   Etame, Arnold B ^a   La Marca, Frank ^a   Park, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Anesthesia; Intraoperative monitoring; Spine surgery; Transcranial motor evoked potential

Indexed keywords

INHALATION ANESTHETIC AGENT;

ANESTHESIA; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; HUMAN; MEDLINE; METHODOLOGY; NEUROMUSCULAR BLOCKING; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PATIENT MONITORING; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SPINE; STATISTICS;

ANESTHESIA; ANESTHETICS, INHALATION; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; HUMANS; MEDLARS; MONITORING, INTRAOPERATIVE; NEUROMUSCULAR BLOCKADE; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; SPINE;

EID: 70350074271     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10920684     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2009.8.FOCUS09145     Document Type: Review

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