INVASIVE METHODS OF SOMATOSENSORY EVOKED-POTENTIAL MONITORING
INVASIVE METHODS OF SOMATOSENSORY EVOKED-POTENTIAL MONITORING
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DOI:
10.1097/00004691-198604000-00002
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发表时间:
1986-01-01
影响因子:
2.4
通讯作者:
MORRIS, HH
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作者:
DINNER, DS;LUDERS, H;MORRIS, HH
Over the past decade, somatosensory evoked potentials (SEPs) have been used increasingly for intraoperative monitoring of spinal cord function. Although complications may be uncommon, early recognition of spinal cord dysfunction may allow appropriate measures to be instituted immediately and thus prevent irreversible spinal cord damage. The spinal cord damage during surgery is usually the result ofischemia and/or mechanical injury from compression or distraction. The monitored SEPs in man are thought to be mediated primarily by the dorsal col-umns (Halliday and Wakefield, 1962; Giblin, 1964; Larson et al., l966; Cusick et al., 1978). Consequently, injury to other important pathways (corticospinal tracts) could occur with preservation of the dorsal columns and without a change in the SEPs. Thus, it is important to know to what extent SEPs reflect changes in the function of the unmonitored descending motor tracts following an insult to the spinal cord during surgery.