Intraoperative Neurophysiologic Monitoring in Neurosurgery

Abstract

Intraoperative Monitoring Techniques.- Techniques and Equipment for Intraoperative Monitoring.- Technical Parameters, Artifacts, and Quality Assessment of Intraoperative Evoked Potentials.- An Automatic Peak Detection and Evaluation Program for Somatosensory Evoked Potential (SSEP) Monitoring.- Automatic Identification of Peak V in Brainstem Auditory Evoked Potentials.- Some Common Problems and Pitfalls in Intraoperative Monitoring of Evoked Potentials.- A Program for Automatic Brainstem Auditory Evoked Potential and Somatosensory Evoked Potential Monitoring Using the Pathfinder Software.- New Technique for Intraoperative Localization and Monitoring of Cranial Nerves - Preliminary Study.- Monitoring of Motor Systems.- Localization of Motor Cortex with Median Nerve Somatosensory Evoked Potentials.- Recording of Myogenic Motor Evoked Potentials (mMEP) under General Anesthesia.- Facilitation of Muscle Responses to Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation of the Motor Cortex by Trains of Afferent Electrical Impulses.- Motor Evoked Potential Monitoring in Operations of the Brainstem and Posterior Fossa.- Intraoperative Monitoring of Corticospinal Motor Evoked Potentials in Neurosurgical Operations.- Monitoring of Spine Surgery with Evoked Potentials.- Monitoring in Aneurysm Operations.- Somatosensory Evoked Potential and Brainstem Auditory Evoked Potential Monitoring in Cerebral Aneurysm Surgery under Hypotension.- Value of Stable and Changing Somatosensory Evoked Potentials (SSEP) During Aneurysm Surgery.- Experiences with Intraoperative Temporary Vessel Occlusions and Monitoring in Aneurysm Surgery.- Somatosensory Evoked Potential Monitoring in Temporary Vascular Occlusion for Aneurysm Surgery under Moderate Hypothermia.- Monitoring in Acoustic Neuroma Operations.- Intraoperative Brainstem Auditory Evoked Potential (BAEP) Monitoring in Acoustic Neuroma Surgery.- Monitoring Auditory Evoked Potentials During Cerebellopontine Angle Tumor Surgery: Relative Value of Electrocochleography, Brainstem Auditory Evoked Potentials, and Cerebellopontine Angle Recordings.- Monitoring of Auditory Function in Acoustic Neuroma Surgery.- Intraoperative Monitoring of Cochlear and Auditory Nerve Potentials in Operations in the Cerebellopontine Angle: An Aid to Hearing Preservation.- Monitoring in Operations in the Posterior Fossa.- Somatosensory Evoked Potential Monitoring in Tumor and Brainstem Surgery.- Intraoperative Monitoring of Cranial Motor Nerves.- Transcranial Magnetic and Intraoperative Electrical Stimulation of the Trigeminal and Facial Nerves: Sites and Mechanisms of Excitation.- Intraoperative Monitoring of Evoked Potentials in Microvascular Decompression Operations: Influence on Surgical Strategy.- Brainstem Auditory Evoked Potential Monitoring Related to Morbidity and Mortality in Basal and Posterior Fossa Tumors.- Lessons from Brainstem Auditory Evoked Potential Monitoring During Microvascular Decompression for Trigeminal Neuralgia and Hemifacial Spasm.