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Recommended Reading - TcMEP

A Third Degree Burn Caused by a Neurogenic Motor-Evoked Potential Monitoring Electrode During Spinal Surgery: A Case Report
Parikh..Spine 2003: 28 (1) E21-E24

Assessment of Spinal Cord Ischemia by Means of Evoked Potential Monitoring During Thoracoabdominal Aortic Surgery
Jacobs…Seminars in Vascular Surgery. Col 13, #4 (December), 2000:pp299-307

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

“Improved Spinal Cord Perfusion during Thoracoabdominal Aortic Repair” Weigang, E. MD Thorac Cardiov Surg 2005; 53: 69-73

Influence of propofol concentrations on multiplulse Transcranial motor evoked potentials.
Nathan…British Journal of Anesthesia 91 (4) 493-7 (2003)

Intraoperative Neurophysiologic Detection of Iatrogenic C5 Nerve Root Injury during Laminectomy for Cervical Compression Myelopathy
Fan, Dapeng Spine Vol 27, #22 2002

“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

Localized Transcranial Electrical Motor Evoked Potentials for Monitoring Cranial Nerves in Cranial Base Surgery
Akagami, Ryojo Vol 57 Operative Neurosurgery 1 July 2005

Monitoring of Somatosensory and Motor Evoked Potentials During Open Redeuction and Internal Fixation of Pelvis and Acetabular Fractures
Arrington Orthopedics October 2000 Vol 23 #10

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

Monitoring of Motor Evoked Potentials with High Intensiry Repetitive Transcranial Electrical Stimulation During Spinal Surgery
Haghighi, Siavash
J. Clinic Monitoring 2002; 17:301-308

“Motor Evoked Potential Monitoring Improves Outcome after Surgery for Intramedullary Spinal Cord Tumors: A Historical Control Study”
Sala, Neurosurgery Vol 58 #6 June 2006

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

“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

Strategies for Managing Decreased Motor Evoked Potential Signals While Distracting the Spine During Correction of Scoliosis
Russ Lyon, MS DABNM… Journal of Neurosurgical Anesthesiology . Volume 16, Number 2, April 2004 167-170

TcMEP Intraoperative Changes – What to do according to the Literature

“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

“The Initial Use of Free-running Electromyography to Detect Early Motor Tract Injury during Resection of Intramedullary Spinal Cord Lesions”
Skinner, Stanley Vol 56, Operative Neurosurgery 2 April 2005

“Thoracoabdominal Aortic Aneurysm Repair: Interplay of Spinal Cord Protecting Modalities:
Weigang, E. MD Eur J Vasc Endovasc Surg 30: 624-631 (2005)

Total intravenous anesthesia for intraoperative monitoring of the motor pathways: an integral view combining clinical and experimental data
Scheufler J Neurosurg 96:571-579 2002