The usefulness of intraoperative neurophysiological monitoring in cervical spine surgery: A retrospective analysis of 200 consecutive patients

Journal of Neurosurgical Anesthesiology

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 185-190

  Li, Fenghua ^a   Gorji, Reza ^a   Allott, Geoffrey ^b   Modes, Katharina ^a   Lunn, Robert ^a   Yang, Zhong Jin ^a  

^a State University of New York Upstate Medical University: College of Medicine   (United States)

^b SUNY UPSTATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

cervical spine surgery; intraoperative neurophysiological monitoring (IONM); somatosensory evoked potential (SSEP); total intravenous anesthesia (TIVA); transcranial electrical motor evoked potentials (TcMEP)

Indexed keywords

FENTANYL; PROPOFOL; SUXAMETHONIUM;

ADULT; BONE GRAFT; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; INTRAOPERATIVE NEUROPHYSIOLOGICAL MONITORING; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NERVE INJURY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SPINE SURGERY; TRANSCRANIAL ELECTRICAL MOTOR EVOKED POTENTIAL;

ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; ANESTHESIA, INTRAVENOUS; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; EVOKED POTENTIALS, SOMATOSENSORY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, INTRAOPERATIVE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84862522725     PISSN: 08984921     EISSN: 15371921     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ANA.0b013e318255ec8f     Document Type: Review

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