Intraoperative monitoring study of ipsilateral motor evoked potentials in scoliosis surgery

Ipsilateral motor evoked potentials (MEPs) in spinal cord surgery intraoperative monitoring is not well studied. We show that ipsilateral MEPs have significantly larger amplitudes and were elicited with lower stimulation intensities than contralateral MEPs. The possible underlying mechanisms are dis...

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Autores principales: Lo, Y. L., Dan, Y. F., Tan, Y. E., Fook-Chong, S., Tan, S. B., Tan, C. T., Raman, S.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer-Verlag 2006
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1602201/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16858594
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00586-006-0190-0
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Sumario:Ipsilateral motor evoked potentials (MEPs) in spinal cord surgery intraoperative monitoring is not well studied. We show that ipsilateral MEPs have significantly larger amplitudes and were elicited with lower stimulation intensities than contralateral MEPs. The possible underlying mechanisms are discussed based on current knowledge of corticospinal pathways. Ipsilateral MEPs may provide additional information on the integrity of descending motor tracts during spinal surgery monitoring.

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