Intraoperative Neurophysiologic Monitoring
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Published: November 1, 1995
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 346
ISBN-13: 9783718605927
Subjects: Neurology & clinical neurophysiology; Neurosurgery; Neurophysiology; Medical / Nursing; Science/Mathematics; Anesthesiology; Laboratory Medicine; Medical / Laboratory Medicine
First sentence: The use of intraoperative neurophysiology monitoring to reduce the risk of loss of function in portions of the nervous system is based on the observation that the functioning of neural structures usually changes in a measurable way before being permanently damaged, and that reversing the surgical manipulation that caused the change within a certain time will result in a recovery to normal or near normal function, whereas if no intervention had been taken there would have been a risk that permanent postoperative neurological deficit would have resulted (Grundy, 1983).