title: D-wave recording during the surgery of a 10-month-old child.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The purpose of this study is to evaluate the possibility of d-wave recording in very young patients during spinal cord surgery.
  
  
  METHODS
  A 10-month-old patient was operated on cystic intramedullary pathology and myelon tethering at level cervical VI. to thoracal III. During the surgical detethering, we did d-wave recording for experimental purposes. After transcranial electric stimulation, we tried to detect the responses with epidural d-wave electrodes proximally and distally from the pathology.
  
  
  RESULTS
  We found that proximally from the pathology, we could detect reproducible d-waves.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Though earlier papers reported that due to the immature condition of the myelon d-wave recording is not possible under the age of 21 months, we proved that even in very young patients, the possibility of d-wave recording should not be excluded.
authors: Department of Neurosurgery, University of Debrecen, Móricz Zs. krt. 22, Debrecen, Hungary, drfekete@icloud.com.
authors: Gábor
authors: G
authors: Fekete
authors: László
authors: L
authors: Bognár
authors: László
authors: L
authors: Novák
mesh_terms: D002574:Cervical Vertebrae / Q000601:surgery; D003560:Cysts / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D019299:Decompression, Surgical; D004558:Electric Stimulation; D004576:Electromyography; D019054:Evoked Potentials, Motor / Q000502:physiology*; D005240:Feasibility Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D016343:Monitoring, Intraoperative; D009436:Neural Tube Defects / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D011712:Pyramidal Tracts / Q000503:physiopathology*; D013116:Spinal Cord / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000601:surgery*; D013118:Spinal Cord Diseases / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D013904:Thoracic Vertebrae / Q000601:surgery