High-frequency stimulation restored motor-evoked potentials to the baseline level in the upper extremities but not in the lower extremities under sevoflurane anesthesia in spine surgery

Journal of Neurosurgical Anesthesiology

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 113-120

  Shida, Yoshiteru ^a   Shida, Chikami ^a   Hiratsuka, Norihiko ^a   Kaji, Kozo ^a   Ogata, Junichi ^a  

^a KYUSHU ROSAI HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

motor evoked potentials; propofol; sevoflurane; transcranial electrical stimulation; transcranial magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

PROPOFOL; SEVOFLURANE;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ADULT; AGED; ARM MUSCLE; ARTICLE; CERVICAL MYELOPATHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FEMALE; HIGH FREQUENCY OSCILLATION; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; LEG MUSCLE; LUMBAR DISK HERNIA; MALE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPINE SURGERY; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR MUSCLE; TRANSCRANIAL ELECTRICAL STIMULATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANESTHETICS, INHALATION; ANESTHETICS, INTRAVENOUS; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; EXTREMITIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOWER EXTREMITY; MALE; METHYL ETHERS; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, INTRAOPERATIVE; PROPOFOL; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINE; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; UPPER EXTREMITY;

EID: 84858149593     PISSN: 08984921     EISSN: 15371921     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ANA.0b013e318237fa41     Document Type: Article

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