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Somatosensory Evoked Potentials In Acute Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury And Its Prognostic Value, May-Kuen Wong, Yiu-Chung Lau, Mei-Yun Liaw
Somatosensory Evoked Potentials In Acute Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury And Its Prognostic Value, May-Kuen Wong, Yiu-Chung Lau, Mei-Yun Liaw
Rehabilitation Practice and Science
The somatosensory evoked potentials following tibial nerve stimulation were recorded in 18 patients with acute traumatic spinal cord injuries at 3 to 5 weeks. The results were correlated with the patient's neurological recovery.One cervical case had absent transmission in unilateral cortical SEP but still with good neurological recovery later on, one lumbar case had no recorded SEP either at L2 or cortical level got complete recovery within 3 months. Two thoracic SCI had only prolong latencies in SEP, but no any neurological recovery at all. There was no constant rule between prolong latencies to severity of dysfunction or degree of …