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Spinal Cord Monitoring in Spinal Surgery: Two Demonstrative Cases
Spinal Cord Monitoring in Spinal Surgery: Two Demonstrative Cases
BELOVA, Olga A.
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UCHIYAMA, Seiji
52530
YAJIRI, Yoichi
52531
TAKAHASHI, Hideaki E.
52532
SHIMOJI, Koki
52533
spinal cord monitoring
scoliosis
spinal cord tumor
evoked potentials
Two demonstrative cases are presented showing the usefulness of spinal cord monitoring during spinal surgery. Case One was a patient with severe spinal deformity due to neurofibromatosis. In corrective surgery, inadvertent spinal cord compression by sublaminar wiring was detected by the sudden disappearence of spinal cord evoked potentials (SCPs). Prompt removal of the wire prevented serious spinal cord injury. Case Two had a meningioma of the thoracic spinal cord. During surgery, low SCPs increased in amplitude immediately after removal of the tumor. The findings in these two cases suggest that monitoring of SCPs during spinal surgery not only prevents complications caused by mechanical manipulations but also promotes a favorable postoperative neurological recovery.
departmental bulletin paper
Niigata University School of Medicine
1999-06
application/pdf
Acta medica et biologica
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81
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Acta medica et biologica
AA00508361
05677734
https://niigata-u.repo.nii.ac.jp/record/6356/files/KJ00000007208.pdf
eng