Why the study?
Does monitoring of intraoperative motor-evoked potentials under controlled neuromuscular blockade allow for recording of compound muscle action potentials in patients undergoing neurosurgical or orthopedic procedures?
Population
19 patients undergoing neurosurgical or orthopedic procedures
Design
Case_series
Follow-up
intraoperative
Authors
Loading...
May enable stable MEP monitoring under controlled NMB without patient movement; leaves open generalizability and requires prospective validation.
Does monitoring of intraoperative motor-evoked potentials under controlled neuromuscular blockade allow for recording of compound muscle action potentials in patients undergoing neurosurgical or orthopedic procedures?
Controlled neuromuscular blockade permits recording of compound muscle action potentials while eliminating patient motor activity that could interfere with surgery.
Adams et al. (1993) studied this question.
Synapse has enriched 5 closely related papers on similar clinical questions. Consider them for comparative context: