Annals of Vascular Surgery
Volume 21, Issue 1 , Pages 30-33 , January 2007

Cerebral Monitoring of Somatosensory Evoked Potentials during Carotid Surgery: A Review of 100 Cases

  • Olivier Baton, MD
    • ,
  • Pascal Szym, MD
    • ,
  • Jean-Jacques Hoffmann, MD
    • ,
  • Marc Borne, MD
    • ,
  • Yves Diraison, MD
    • ,
  • Bernard Baranger, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Visceral and Vascular Surgery, Val de Grace Military Teaching Hospital, Paris, France; Department of Clinical Neurophysiology, Val de Grace Military Teaching Hospital, Paris, France; Department of Anesthesia and Intensive Care, Val de Grace Military Teaching Hospital, Paris, France
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence to: Bernard Baranger, MD, Service de Chirurgie Viscéral et Vasculaire, HIA Val de Grâce, 74 bd de Port-Royal, 75005 Paris, France

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PII: S0890-5096(06)00012-4

doi: 10.1016/j.avsg.2006.10.006

Annals of Vascular Surgery
Volume 21, Issue 1 , Pages 30-33 , January 2007

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