Sinus Arrest in Perioperative Somatosensory-evoked-potential Monitoring

Intra-operative somatosensory-evoked potential monitoring.

PURPOSE To evaluate the usefulness of intra-operative somatosensory-evoked potentials (SSEPs) in monitoring spinal cord status via the posterior tibial nerve. METHODS 84 men and 28 women aged 16 to 66 years (72% were aged 20 to 40 years) with spinal trauma (63 in the lumbar and 49 in the thoracic spine) underwent posterior instrumentation and fusion using bone grafts. All 63 patients with lum...

[Somatosensory evoked potential in experimental intracerebral hemorrhage].

Somatosensory evoked potential findings in ankylosing spondylitis.

OBJECTIVE Somatosensory evoked potential (SSEP) abnormalities were reported in patients with ankylosing spondylitis (AS). This study aimed to investigate SSEP abnormalities and its relation with clinical findings in AS patients. MATERIALS AND METHODS The study included 26 patients with AS and 17 age-matched health volunteers (Control for SSEP). Median nerve SSEP findings were normal in all AS...

Diagnostic Accuracy of Combined Multimodality Somatosensory Evoked Potential and Transcranial Motor Evoked Potential Intraoperative Monitoring in Patients With Idiopathic Scoliosis.

STUDY DESIGN Systematic review. OBJECTIVE The aim of the study was to determine the predictive value of combined multimodality somatosensory evoked potential (SSEP) and transcranial motor evoked potential (TcMEP) monitoring in detecting impending neurological injury during surgery for idiopathic scoliosis. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA The diagnostic of motor evoked potential monitoring and SS...

[Intraoperative monitoring of somatosensory evoked potentials].

  Somatosensory evoked potentials (SEPs) were monitored during 20 operations, 13 for tumors in the posterior fossa and upper cervical region and seven for the treatment of aneurysms or carotid cavernous fistulae. Monitoring was technically satisfactory in 16 patients (80%). In two patients, monitoring was compromised by contamination with electrical noise. Two patients with mass le sions i...