Intraoperative neurophysiological monitoring in patients undergoing tethered cord surgery after fetal myelomeningocele repair: Clinical article

Journal of Neurosurgery: Pediatrics

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 355-361

  Jackson, Eric M ^a   Schwartz, Daniel M ^b,e   Sestokas, Anthony K ^b,e   Zarnow, Deborah M ^c   Adzick, N Scott ^c   Johnson, Mark P ^c   Heuer, Gregory G ^c,d   Sutton, Leslie N ^c,d  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^e Surgical Monitoring Associates Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Craniofacial; Electromyography; Fetal surgery; Intraoperative monitoring; Motor evoked potentials; Myelomeningocele

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACKACHE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE COURSE; ELECTROMYOGRAM; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EPIDERMOID CYST; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FETAL MYELOMENINGOCELE REPAIR; FETUS SURGERY; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HUMAN; INFANT; LEG PAIN; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MENINGOMYELOCELE; MUSCLE FUNCTION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPINAL CORD SURGERY; TERATOMA; TETHERED CORD SURGERY;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DERMOID CYST; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FEMALE; FETAL DISEASES; HUMANS; INFANT; INTRAOPERATIVE NEUROPHYSIOLOGICAL MONITORING; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; MENINGOMYELOCELE; NEURAL CONDUCTION; NEURAL TUBE DEFECTS; REOPERATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL CORD NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84897948119     PISSN: 19330707     EISSN: 19330715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2014.1.PEDS11336     Document Type: Article

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