The Seven-Color TcMsEP Grading System: A Novel Alarm Method for Intraoperative Neurophysiological Monitoring Using Transcranial Electrical Stimulated Muscle Evoked Potentials (TcMsEPs) in Intramedullary Spinal Cord Tumor Surgeries

Introduction: Surgeons need precise information about motor deterioration risk during surgery for intramedullary spinal cord tumors (IMSCTs). However, the conventional TcMsEP alarm criterion provides limited information with a less than or a more than single alarm criterion without any grades in bet...

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Main Authors: Yasushi Fujiwara, Shinji Kotaka, Ryo Ohta, Yasuo Arakawa, Yutaka Kadonishi, Makoto Nishimori, Hideki Manabe, Nobuo Adachi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The Japanese Society for Spine Surgery and Related Research 2021-07-01
Series:Spine Surgery and Related Research
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Online Access:https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/ssrr/5/4/5_2020-0144/_pdf/-char/en