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A monophasic positive potential is recorded when a nerve impulse approaches but never passes beyond the recording site. This type of potential has been termed the killed end potential (KP). Studies in experimental animals have repeatedly suggested a clinical value for the KP in localizing the level of spinal cord lesions [3, 4, 9]. The KP has been recorded intraoperatively in patients with spinal cord lesions [7, 10, 11]. We have also demonstrated that the KP of spinospinal responses can be readily recorded preoperatively in patients with eletrodes inserted percutaneously into the spinal epidural space and indeed has a value for localizing lesions [5].
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Katayama, Y., Tsubokawa, T., Maejima, S., Hirayama, T., Yamamoto, T. (1991). Killed-End Corticospinal Motor Evoked Potential (MEP) in Patients with Spinal Cord Injury. In: Shimoji, K., Kurokawa, T., Tamaki, T., Willis, W.D. (eds) Spinal Cord Monitoring and Electrodiagnosis. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-75744-0_62
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