Handbook of Spinal Cord Monitoring | Proceedings of the Fifth International Symposium on Spinal Cord Monitoring, London, UK, June 2-5, 1992

S. J. Jones (u. a.)

ISBN 10: 9401046190 / ISBN 13: 9789401046190

Published by Springer, 2012

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Handbook of Spinal Cord Monitoring | Proceedings of the Fifth International Symposium on Spinal Cord Monitoring, London, UK, June 2-5, 1992 | S. J. Jones (u. a.) | Taschenbuch | xvii | Englisch | 2012 | Springer | EAN 9789401046190 | Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg, juergen[dot]hartmann[at]springer[dot]com | Anbieter: preigu.

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• Title: Handbook of Spinal Cord Monitoring | Proceedings of the Fifth International Symposium on Spinal Cord Monitoring, London, UK, June 2-5, 1992
• Publisher: Springer
• Publication Date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9401046190
• ISBN 13: 9789401046190
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 235W x 155H x 26D millimeters 235 millimeters width by 155 millimeters height by 26 millimeters depth
• Weight: 709 grams
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Synopsis

Surgery for the treatment of deformities such as scoliosis carries a small but significant risk of damage to the spinal cord through inadvertent compression or interference with the blood supply. Electrophysiological techniques, principally those for recording sensory and motor evoked potentials, offer a means of continuously assessing the conduction of nerve signals up and down the spinal cord and hence the possibility of detecting a defect at an early stage, when the cause may be reversible. This form of monitoring is now accepted practice in many countries.
The main contributors to the Handbook are surgeons, neurophysiologists and anaesthetists at the forefront of research. From the United States, where practice has been most widespread, come the results of the first large-scale, multi-centre survey into monitoring methods and their effectiveness. The research papers forming the remainder of the text provide an indication of the high level of current interest and the likely direction of future developments.

Review

`This book is recommended, for its first part, to beginners in neuromonitoring, orthopaedic surgeons and neurosurgeons and, for its next three parts, to specialists in spinal cord monitoring.'
Acta Neurologica Belgica, 95:1, 1995