Median nerve somatosensory evoked potential monitoring during carotid endarterectomy: Does reference choice matter?

Journal of Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 55-57

  Fried, Stephen J ^a   Smith, Diane M ^a   Legatt, Alan D ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Carotid endarterectomy; Intraoperative monitoring; Median nerve SEP; N20; Reference electrode; Somatosensory evoked potentials

Indexed keywords

ENDARTERECTOMY, CAROTID; EVOKED POTENTIALS, SOMATOSENSORY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE NEUROPHYSIOLOGICAL MONITORING; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84894141706     PISSN: 07360258     EISSN: 15371603     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/WNP.0000000000000024     Document Type: Article

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