A Concise Guide to Intraoperative Monitoring (Hardcover)

LIST OF FIGURES
LIST OF TABLES
INTRODUCTION
Intraoperative Monitoring
Use
Rationale
Types of Tests
Affecting Factors
Interpretation
Usefulness
Cost Effectiveness
Personnel
Equipment
Organization of the Book
Review Questions
NEUROPHYSIOLOGICAL BACKGROUND
Organization of the Human Body
Origin of Neurophysiological Signals
Spontaneous Activity
Evoked Responses
INSTRUMENTATION
Basic concepts
Electrodes
Types of Stimulation Electrodes
Types of Recording Electrodes
Amplifiers
Differential Amplifiers
Amplifier Characteristics
ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL RECORDINGS
Signal Characteristics
Frequency Analysis
Data Processing
Data Display
Data Storage
ANESTHESIA MANAGEMENT
Components of Anesthesia
Efficacy of Anesthetics
Inhalational Anesthetics
Intravenous Anesthetics
Neuroprotective Agents
Protective Induced conditions
Effects on Neurophysiological Signals
SPONTANEOUS ACTIVITY
Electroencephalogram
Electromyogram
EVOKED ACTIVITY
Evoked Potentials
Somatosensory Evoked Potentials
DSEPs
Brainstem Auditory Evoked Responses
Visual Evoked Potentials
Motor Evoked Potentials
Triggered EMG
SPINE SURGERY
Spinal Deformities
Disc Disease
Spinal Fractures and Instabilities
Tumors
Vascular Abnormalities
Tethered Cord
Selective Dorsal Rhizotomy
Peripheral Nerve Monitoring
CRANIAL SURGERY
Surgery for Tumor Removal
Neurovascular Procedures
Cranial Nerve Surgery
Endarterectomy
Neuroradiological Procedures
Central sulcus Localizaion
ARTIFACTS & TROUBLESHOOTING
Efficacy of Monitoring
Artifacts
Precautions
Troubleshooting
Intervention
The Wake-up Test
CLOSING REMARKS
REFERENCES
FURTHER READING
NOTE: Introduction and Review Questions start and end each chapter.