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Maintenance of the functional integrity of the spinal cord is a major concern for every spine surgeon. Severe neurologic complications may occur following surgical correction of spinal deformity and recovery is proportional to the speed of removal of the instrumentation1,2. In the past, a careful physical examination in the recovery room was the earliest warning of cord injury. During the last two decades, gross physical examination of the partially awakened patient during the operation — the wake-up test — has been widely used. The desire of many researchers and clinicians to find a better method of evaluating cord function intraoperatively, has resulted in renewed interest in the techniques of evoked response monitoring.
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Papastefanou, S.L., Webb, J.K. (1994). Indications for the use of evoked potentials in spinal surgery — review of the Nottingham experience and current use. In: Jones, S.J., Hetreed, M., Boyd, S., Smith, N.J. (eds) Handbook of Spinal Cord Monitoring. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-1416-5_3
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