Abstract
Successful intraoperative monitoring using cortical SSEP was achieved in 381 out of 395 patients undergoing corrective surgery for pathology of the spinal cord or spinal column. SSEP deterioration due to physical, anesthetic and technical factors in 36 cases was not associated with neurological deterioration. Likewise in 14 cases reversible SSEP changes due to surgical factors had no neurological sequelae, but 8 patients in whom SSEP deterioration could not be reversed had postoperative neurological deficits.
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Koht, A., Sloan, T., Ronai, A., Toleikis, J.R. (1985). Intraoperative Deterioration of Evoked Potentials During Spinal Surgery. In: Schramm, J., Jones, S.J. (eds) Spinal Cord Monitoring. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-70687-5_18
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