Prognostic value of motor evoked potentials elicited by multipulse magnetic stimulation in a surgically induced transitory lesion of the supplementary motor area: a case report
Prognostic value of motor evoked potentials elicited by multipulse magnetic stimulation in a surgically induced transitory lesion of the supplementary motor area: a case report
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多脉冲磁刺激引起的运动诱发电位对手术引起的辅助运动区短暂性病变的预后价值:病例报告
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发表时间:
2000
影响因子:
11
通讯作者:
V. Deletis
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作者:
Francesco Sala;M. Kržan;G. Jallo;Fred Epstein;V. Deletis
Surgery involving the supplementary motor area (SMA) places the patient at risk of transient motor deficit. To predict outcome in patients with early postoperative hypokinesis would be relevant to both the patient and the surgical team. A 15 year old girl with a large left thalamic tumour removed through a left transcallosal approach is described. Despite intraoperatively preserved muscle motor evoked potentials (mMEPs) from all limbs, elicited by multipulse electrical stimulation, she awoke with a right hemiplegia and mutism. On the first postoperative day, neurophysiological evaluation using a multipulse magnetic stimulation technique, with a train of four magnetic stimuli, confirmed the presence of mMEPs from the hemiplegic right limbs. Slight spontaneous motor activity of the right limbs and initial speech were seen later on the same day with dramatic improvement over subsequent days. It is concluded that multiple rather than single magnetic stimulation techniques may be needed to elicit mMEPs for an early postoperative differential diagnosis of SMA damage versus injury to the primary motor cortex or the corticospinal tract.