Failure of somatosensory-evoked-potential monitoring in sensorimotor neuropathy.
Failure of somatosensory-evoked-potential monitoring in sensorimotor neuropathy.
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感觉运动神经病体感诱发电位监测失败。
DOI:
10.1097/00007632-199104000-00018
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发表时间:
1991
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影响因子:
3
通讯作者:
D. Young
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作者:
M. Krishna;John F. A. Taylor;M. C. Brown;J. Farrell;T. Morley;M. Edgar;D. Young
M. KRISHNA, MS (Orth)" J, F, TAYLOR, MD, MCh (Orth), FRCS," M, C, BROWN, MC, PhD, BSc,* J, FARRELL, f T, R, MORLEY, eZ A, EDGAR, FRCS, and D. YOUNG| first described in 1972* Today, it is accepted as essential in the proper detection of intraoperative neurologic deficit during scoli-osis instrumentation. It is based on the dorsal column transmission ofan impulse originating from the stimulation ofnerves in the popliteal fossa. The recording electrode is placed in the epidural space above the instrumented area. The signals are then averaged and the amplitude and latency recorded. It is important to study the patients in whom SSEPM failed as a monitoring system. In this report we describe five patients with Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease (hereditary sensorimotorneuropathy [HSMN] Type I) in whom intraoperative monitoring failure puzzled the surgeons, and we discuss the clinical features and alternatives available to evaluate cord function in these patients. casɛ REPors ano ueroosCase 1. In July 1987 a 12-year-old girl presented with “idiopathic” thoracolumbar scoliosis of 61. The examining surgeon detected no neurologic deficit. After anterior growth arrest, Harrington rod instrumentation and spinal fusion were done. In this patient, SSEPM showed no signal. At the time the cause for this failure could not be determined, and it was soon forgotten because she had no postoperative neurologic deficit. In February 1989 she returned complaining of buckling oftheknees. The upperhookofthe rodhaddisplaced, and the deformity was once again 60. She was found to have pes cavus and areflexia. Nerve conduction studies confirmed a diagnosis of Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease (HSMNType I). The Harrington was replaced, but SSEPM again did not show any signal. She had no subsequent neurologic deficit. This promptedustostudytherecords of 150scoliosis patients who hadSSEPM during corrective surgery. Four more patients were found with Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease. All had failure of spinal cord monitoring during surgery. Two were diagnosed only after surgery. One had a transient postoperative neurologic deficit. Their ages ranged from 11 to 16 years.