Somatosensory- and motor-evoked potential monitoring without a wake-up test during idiopathic scoliosis surgery. An accepted standard of care.

AM, Padberg; TJ, Wilson-Holden; LG, Lenke; KH, Bridwell

doi:10.1097/00007632-199806150-00018

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Somatosensory- and motor-evoked potential monitoring without a wake-up test during idiopathic scoliosis surgery. An accepted standard of care.

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Authors:

Padberg AM

Wilson-Holden TJ

Lenke LG

Abstract

Study design This was a retrospective study of 500 patients undergoing corrective surgery between 1987 and 1997 for spinal deformity caused by idiopathic scoliosis.Objectives To report the sensitivity and specificity of somatosensory-evoked and neurogenic motor-evoked potentials monitoring and the r...

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