Anesthesia & Clinical Research
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Paula Sá

Publications

• Research Article
  Neural Complications of Surgical Treatment of Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis: a Single Center Experience
  Author(s): Filipa Pereira, Paula Sa, Daniel Soares, Luis Dias, Joana Gomes Dias, Antonio Oliveira and Humberto Machado Filipa Pereira, Paula Sa, Daniel Soares, Luis Dias, Joana Gomes Dias, Antonio Oliveira and Humberto Machado
  
  Objective: Adolescent idiopathic scoliosis surgery presents a challenge to anesthetist due to the extensive nature of the surgery and the constraints on anesthetic techniques of intraoperative neurophysiological monitoring of the spinal cord. Intraoperative neurophysiological monitoring combining both somatosensory evoked potentials (SSEPs) and motor evoked potentials (MEPs) have become a standard of care by preventing neurologic sequela and lesions of the spinal cord. The objective of this article was to assess the incidence of neural complications in surgical treatment of adolescent idiopathic scoliosis surgery in a single institution and investigate possible factors associated with it. Methods: Medical records of 216 patients who underwent adolescent idiopathic scoliosis surgery with posterior spinal fusion were retrospectively reviewed f.. View More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2155-6148.1000596

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