Main description:

The third edition of this classic text again provides practical, comprehensive coverage of the anatomical and physiological basis for intraoperative neurophysiological monitoring. Written by a leading authority in the field, Dr. Aage Moller has updated this important title to again offer all the leading-edge knowledge needed to perform electrophysiological recordings in the operating room, to interpret the results, and to present the results to the surgeon. The field known as "intraoperative monitoring" has expanded rapidly to cover other uses of neurophysiology and electrophysiologic recordings during surgical operations that affect the brain, spinal cord, and other parts of the nervous system. These new areas are covered in this new edition. To better represent the content of the book and the field as it now stands, many of the chapters have been revised and new material has been added. While the general organization of the book is maintained, chapters such as monitoring of motor systems have been revised and extended with new material, including more detailed description of the anatomy and physiology of motor systems and new information about intraoperative monitoring.

Contents:

1. Introduction
SECTION I: PRINCIPLES OF INTRAOPERATIVE NEUROPHYSIOLOGICAL MONITORING
2. Basis of intraoperative neurophysiological monitoring
3. Generation of electrical activity in the nervous system and muscles
4. Practical aspects of recording evoked activity from nerves, fiber tracts and nuclei
References to Section I
SECTION II: SENSORY SYSTEMS
5. Anatomy and physiology of sensory systems
6. Monitoring somatosensory evoked potentials
7. Monitoring auditory evoked potentials
8. Monitoring visual evoked potentials
References to Section II
SECTION III: MOTOR SYSTEMS
9. Anatomy and physiology of motor systems
10. Practical aspects of monitoring spinal motor systems
11. Practical aspects of monitoring cranial motor nerves
References to Section III
SECTION IV: PERIPHERAL NERVES
12. Anatomy and physiology of peripheral nerves
13. Practical aspects of monitoring peripheral nerves
References to Section IV
SECTION V: INTRAOPERATIVE RECORDINGS THAT CAN GUIDE THE SURGEON IN THE OPERATION
14. Identification of specific neural tissue
15. Intraoperative diagnosis and guidance in an operation
References to Section V
SECTION VI: PRACTICAL ASPECTS OF ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC RECORDING IN THE OPERATING ROOM
16. Anesthesia and its constraints in monitoring motor and sensory systems
17. General considerations about intraoperative neurophysiological and monitoring
18. Equipment, recording technique and data analysis and stimulation
19. Evaluating the benefits of intraoperative neurophysiological monitoring