Interventional neurophysiological mapping during spinal cord procedures.
As part of interventional neurophysiology's growing armamentarium, we present two intraoperative mapping techniques that can be used to guide the neurosurgeon during spinal cord procedures. They are: (1) Dorsal Column Mapping (DCM) and (2) Mapping of the Corticospinal Tract (CT) within the spinal cord. These two techniques are currently in different stages of development and clinical trials.
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Hyman-Newman Institute for Neurology and Neurosurgery, Beth Israel Medical Center, Division of Intraoperative Neurophysiology, New York, NY 10128, USA. vdeletis@bethisraelny.org
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D000328:Adult; D019054:Evoked Potentials, Motor; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008839:Microelectrodes; D016343:Monitoring, Intraoperative / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D009482:Neurophysiology / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D020671:Posterior Horn Cells / Q000502:physiology*; D011712:Pyramidal Tracts / Q000502:physiology*; D013116:Spinal Cord / Q000502:physiology / Q000601:surgery*