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SSEP LOWER LIMB (SOMATOSENSORY EVOKED POTENTIAL) Lab Test

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SSEP LOWER LIMB (SOMATOSENSORY EVOKED POTENTIAL) LabTest

Somatosensory Evoked Potentials (SSEPs) are electric signals recorded from the scalp or spine following stimulation to the peripheral nerves. They are time-locked responses, representing the function of the ascending sensory pathways. Early in the 1960s Larson et al introduced the use of somatosensory evoked potentials to monitor neural structure during neurosurgical procedures. It was utilized as a supplement to the wake-up test during correctional spinal surgeries for spinal deformities such as scoliosis to provide warning of compromised spinal cord function to the spine surgeons, as reported by McCallum et al and Nash et al in the 1970s. Since then SSEP has become one of the earliest and primary tools for intraoperative neurophysiological monitoring.


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SSEP LOWER LIMB (SOMATOSENSORY EVOKED POTENTIAL) LabTest

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