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How to Make a Do-It-Yourself, Disposable Bite Guard Using Easily Available Materials, to Prevent Tongue and Lip Injuries, During Motor Evoked Potential Monitoring in Neurosurgery

We describe a do-it-yourself method of making a bite guard, using pairs of Foley catheters and surgical gloves to prevent tongue, lip, and other injuries during the monitoring of transcranially elicited motor evoked potential. We have used it in five cases, and have found that the hack is particular...

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Autores principales: Sasidharan, Gopalakrishnan M, Karre, Bujji
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6819075/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31687309
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.5536