title: Postoperative paraplegia with preserved intraoperative somatosensory evoked potentials. Case report.
abstract: Intraoperative somatosensory evoked potentials (SSEP's) are being used with increasing frequency to monitor neurological function during spinal surgery. The authors report a case of postoperative paraplegia that occurred despite preserved intraoperative SSEP's in an achondroplastic dwarf who underwent correction of a congenital kyphoscoliosis. Surgeons and anesthesiologists involved with SSEP monitoring should be aware that false-negative results may occur with this technique.
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D004392:Dwarfism / Q000150:complications; D005073:Evoked Potentials, Somatosensory; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007432:Intraoperative Period; D007738:Kyphosis / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D008991:Monitoring, Physiologic / Q000379:methods*; D010264:Paraplegia / Q000209:etiology*; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D011859:Radiography; D013123:Spinal Fusion / Q000009:adverse effects