Intraoperative neurophysiological monitoring in neurosurgery: Moving the debate from evidence and cost-effectiveness to education and training

World Neurosurgery

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 32-34

  Sala, Francesco ^a   Di Rocco, Concezio ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF VERONA   (Italy)

^b CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Intraoperative monitoring; Pediatric neurosurgery; Practice trends

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIST; ARNOLD CHIARI MALFORMATION; BRAIN STEM TUMOR; CORTICAL DYSPLASIA; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; CRANIOFACIAL SURGERY; ELECTRONEUROLOGY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; EVOKED AUDITORY RESPONSE; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; HOSPITALIZATION COST; HUMAN; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; NEUROLOGIST; NEURONAVIGATION; NEUROSURGEON; NEUROSURGERY; PARAPLEGIA; PATIENT MONITORING; POSTERIOR CRANIAL FOSSA TUMOR; POSTERIOR FOSSA; REMOTE SENSING; REVIEW; SCOLIOSIS; SPINAL CORD TUMOR; SURGICAL TRAINING; TERTIARY CARE CENTER; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROCEDURES; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UTILIZATION;

CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE NEUROPHYSIOLOGICAL MONITORING; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE;

EID: 84923609674     PISSN: 18788750     EISSN: 18788769     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wneu.2014.02.012     Document Type: Article

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