Recent applications of electrophysiologic monitoring during surgery.
A multiplicity of electrophysiologic monitoring methods are available to assist the surgeon in operating on a patient in whom there is a risk of damage to neural structures. The applications and problems of each method must be considered in selecting the monitoring technique for each individual patient.
D000200:Action Potentials; D001921:Brain / Q000502:physiology*; D003391:Cranial Nerves / Q000502:physiology*; D004576:Electromyography; D004594:Electrophysiology; D005072:Evoked Potentials, Auditory; D005073:Evoked Potentials, Somatosensory; D006801:Humans; D007430:Intraoperative Care / Q000379:methods*; D008991:Monitoring, Physiologic; D009464:Neuroma, Acoustic / Q000601:surgery; D012888:Skull Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery; D013116:Spinal Cord / Q000502:physiology*