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- Title
Intraoperative monitoring study of ipsilateral motor evoked potentials in scoliosis surgery.
- Authors
Lo, Y. L.; Dan, Y. F.; Tan, Y. E.; Fook-Chong, S.; Tan, S. B.; Tan, C. T.; Raman, S.
- Abstract
Ipsilateral motor evoked potentials (MEPs) in spinal cord surgery intraoperative monitoring is not well studied. We show that ipsilateral MEPs have significantly larger amplitudes and were elicited with lower stimulation intensities than contralateral MEPs. The possible underlying mechanisms are discussed based on current knowledge of corticospinal pathways. Ipsilateral MEPs may provide additional information on the integrity of descending motor tracts during spinal surgery monitoring.
- Subjects
SCOLIOSIS; SPINAL surgery; SPINAL cord; EFFERENT pathways; INTRAOPERATIVE monitoring; NEUROPHYSIOLOGIC monitoring; CENTRAL nervous system; INTERNEURONS
- Publication
European Spine Journal, 2006, Vol 15, p656
- ISSN
0940-6719
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s00586-006-0190-0