title: Somatosensory evoked potential monitoring accurately predicts hemi-spinal cord damage: a case report.
abstract: Separate somatosensory evoked potentials (SEPs) were monitored from each lower extremity during instrumentation for a spinal fracture. The SEP disappeared from the right lower extremity after instrumentation, but not from the left lower extremity. The predicted hemi-spinal cord injury was pathologically confirmed. The merits of sequential, as opposed to simultaneous, stimulation of multiple extremities during surgical monitoring are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurological Surgery, University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville.
authors.forename: W A
authors.initials: WA
authors.lastname: Friedman
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Richards
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D005073:Evoked Potentials, Somatosensory; D005260:Female; D005544:Forecasting; D005593:Fracture Fixation, Internal / Q000009:adverse effects; D006470:Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D007431:Intraoperative Complications; D008991:Monitoring, Physiologic; D013117:Spinal Cord Compression / Q000209:etiology; D013118:Spinal Cord Diseases / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology; D013119:Spinal Cord Injuries / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D013124:Spinal Injuries / Q000601:surgery