Spinal cord monitoring.
This article serves as a review of the use of spinal cord monitoring in spine surgery, including both the wake-up test and the various approaches to electrophysiologic (evoked-potential) monitoring. Physiologic and technical aspects of evoked-potential monitoring are presented. The different ways of performing evoked potentials are presented, examined, and compared, with a discussion of the pros and cons of each.
Ben-David
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Department of Anesthesiology, Riverside Medical Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
D004594:Electrophysiology; D005073:Evoked Potentials, Somatosensory; D006801:Humans; D007430:Intraoperative Care; D008991:Monitoring, Physiologic / Q000379:methods*; D013119:Spinal Cord Injuries / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D013131:Spine / Q000601:surgery*