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Recommended Reading - SSEP

Changes in Transcranial Motor Evoked Potentials During Intramedullary Spinal Cord Tumor Resection Correlate with Postoperative Motor Function
Quinones-Hinojosa, Alfredo Vol 56, Number 5 Neurosurgery

Clinical Usefulness of Somatosensory Evoked Potentials for Detection of Brachial Plexopathy Secondary to Malpositioning in Scoliosis Surgery
Robert D. Labrom, MBBS, MSc, FRACS (Orth), Marilyn Hoskins, RET, REPT, CNIM, Christopher W. Reilly, MD, FRCSC, Stephen J. Tredwell, MD, FRCSC, and Peter K.H. Wong, MD, FRCPC
SPINE Volume 30, Number 18, pp. 2089-2093

“Intraoperative Neurophysiological Monitoring of the Spinal Cord and Nerve Roots” Invited Review
J. Slimp Ph.D., University of Washington School of Medicine
SpineLine, September/October 2006

Monitoring Scoliosis Surgery with Combined Multiple Pulse Transcranial Electric Motor and Cortical Somatosensory Evoked Potentials from the Lower and Upper Extremities
David B. MacDonald… Spine Volume 28, Number 2, pp 194-303 2003

Multimodality intraoperative monitoring during complex lumbosacral procedures: indications, techniques, and long-term follow-up review of 61 consecutive cases.
Authors: Krassioukov, Sarjeant, Arrkia, and Fehlings
J. Neurosurg (Spine 1) 3: 243-253, 2004

Neurogenic motor evoked potentials: role in brachial plexus surgery
Burkholder…J Neurosurg 98:607-610, 2003

“Neurophysiological Identification of Position-Induced Neurologic Injury During Anterior Cervical Spine Surgery”
Schwartz, Sestokas, Hilibrand, Vaccaro, Bose, Li, and Albert
Journal of Clinical Monitoring and Computing
(2006) 437-444

Neurophysiological monitoring of spinal cord function during instrumented anterior cervical fusion
Bose, Bikash Sestokas, Anthony and Schwartz, Daniel
Spine Journal 4 (2004) 202-207

Real-Time Continuous Intraoperative Electromyographic and Somatosensory Evoked Potential Recordings in Spinal Surgery: Correlation of Clinical and Electrophysiologic Findings in a Prospective, Consecutive Series of 213 Cases
Authors: Gunnarsson, Krassioukov, Sarjeant, Fehlings
Spine Vol 29, #6, 677-684, 2004

“Setup of Neurophysiological Monitoring with tcMEP/SSEP during Thoracoabdominal Aneurysm Repair”
Welgang, Thorac Cardiov Surg 2005, 53 28-32

Spinal Cord Monitoring Somatosensory- and Motor-Evoked Potentials
Haan Anesthesiology Clinics of North America Vol 19 #4, December 2001

“Effects of Anesthetic Agents and Physiologic Changes on Intraoperative Motor Evoked Potentials”
Lotto J. Neurosurg/Anesthesiol 2004

“Strategies for Managing Decreased Motor Evoked Potential Signals While Distracting the Spine During Correction of Sciolosis”
Lyon J. Neurosurgical Anesthesiol 2004

“Comparison of Transcranial Electric Motor and Somatosensory Evoked Potential Monitoring during Cervical Spine Surgery”
Hilibrand J. of Bone and Joint Surgery 2004

“Monitoring Sciolosis Surgery with Combined Multiple Pulse Transcranial Electric Motor and Cortical Somatosensory Evoked Potentials from the Lower and Upper Extremities”
MacDonald Spine 2003