title: The use of physiological mapping and monitoring during surgery for ependymomas.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The use of intraoperative physiological monitoring has become increasingly common over the last decade and it is a useful tool to be employed for the resection of ependymomas of the central nervous system.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This manuscript reviews the history of its development and its methodology with a particular emphasis on those aspects of particular importance during surgery on ependymomas.
authors.affiliation: Clinical Neurological Surgery, Department of Neurological Surgery, The Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York City, NY, USA. rabbott@montefiore.org
authors.forename: Rick
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Abbott
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D004576:Electromyography; D004806:Ependymoma / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D005071:Evoked Potentials; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008839:Microelectrodes; D016343:Monitoring, Intraoperative / Q000379:methods*; D019635:Neurosurgical Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D013116:Spinal Cord / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery; D013120:Spinal Cord Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery; D016896:Treatment Outcome