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The multicenter outcome survey for spinal cord monitoring: monitoring reduces neurologic deficits

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Spinal Cord Monitoring

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Somatosensory evoked potential (SEP) monitoring can be used in surgery to identify early impending spinal cord damage from mechanical or ischemic causes. Scoliosis surgery is a major clinical setting for such monitoring.

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  1. Department of Neurology, UCLA School of Medicine, Department of Clinical Neurophysiology, UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles, California, USA

    M. R. Nuwer

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  1. Department of Clinical Neurophysiology, University Hospital, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden

    Erik Stålberg M.D.

  2. Laboratory of Neuroanatomy, Department of Medical Cell Biology, Biomedical Centre, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden

    Hari Shanker Sharma Ph.D.

  3. Laboratory of Neuropathology, Department of Pathology, University Hospital, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden

    Yngve Olsson M.D.

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Nuwer, M.R. (1998). The multicenter outcome survey for spinal cord monitoring: monitoring reduces neurologic deficits. In: Stålberg, E., Sharma, H.S., Olsson, Y. (eds) Spinal Cord Monitoring. Springer, Vienna. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7091-6464-8_20

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