F. Martin et al., IMPROVEMENT OF INTRAOPERATIVE SOMATOSENSO RY-EVOKED POTENTIALS IN TRAUMATIC SPINE SURGERY, Revue de chirurgie orthopedique et reparatrice de l'appareil moteur, 84(2), 1998, pp. 189-193
Somatosensory evoked potentials were performed in 38 patients with tra
umatic spine pre, per and postoperatively. In 3 cases, the S.E.Ps alte
red before surgery, were improved after decompression and reduction, T
his S.E.Ps improvement was associated to clinical improvement, Even th
ough this study was carried out on few cases, it shows prognosis and d
iagnosis value of intraoperative S.E.Ps in traumatic spine surgery.