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Several
students have conducted PhD research on various aspects of MEPs
and made use of the Digitimer D185 MultiPulse Transcranial
Cortical Stimulator. Much of this work has now been
published in full and can be accessed via the links below.
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L.H. Ubags PhD
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Chapter
1 - General Introduction.
Chapter
2 - Kalkman CJ, Ubags LH,
Been HD, Swaan A, Drummond JC;
Improved
amplitude of myogenic motor evoked responses after paired
transcranial electrical stimulation during sufentanil/nitrous
oxide anesthesia. Anesthesiology
1995 Aug 83:2 270-6.
Chapter
3 - Ubags LH, Kalkman CJ,
Been HD, Drummond JC
The
use of a circumferential cathode improves amplitude of
intraoperative electrical transcranial myogenic motor evoked
responses. Anesth
Analg 1996 May 82:5 1011-4.
Chapter
4 - Ubags LH, Kalkman CJ,
Been HD, Porsius M, Drummond JC
The
use of ketamine or etomidate to supplement sufentanil/N2O
anesthesia does not disrupt monitoring of myogenic transcranial
motor evoked response monitoring. J
Neurosurg Anesthesiol 1997 Jul 9:3 228-33.
Chapter
5 - Ubags LH, Kalkman CJ,
Been HD, Koelman JH, Ongerboer de Visser BW; Presented (in part)
at Annual Meeting of the American Society of Anesthesiologists,
San Diego, October 1997.
A
comparison of electrical and magnetic transcranial stimulation for
intraoperative myogenic motor evoked response monitoring.
Part Published: Anesth
Analg. 1999 Mar;88:3 568-72
Chapter
6 - Ubags LH, Kalkman CJ,
Been HD, Drummond JC
Differential
effects of nitrous oxide and propofol on myogenic transcranial
motor evoked responses during sufentanil anesthesia.
British Journal of Anaesthesia 1997 79:590-4.
Chapter
7 - Ubags LH, Kalkman CJ,
Been HD
Influence
of isoflurane on myogenic motor evoked potentials to single and
multiple transcranial stimuli during nitrous oxide / opioid
anesthesia. Neurosurgery
1988 Jul 43:1 90-4.
Chapter
8 - Ubags LH, Kalkman CJ,
Tjan DHT, Bateman JJB, Koelman JHTM, Ongerboer de Visser BW;
Presented at Annual Meeting of the American Society of
Anesthesiologists and the Annual Meeting of the Society for
Neurosurgical Anesthesia and Critical Care, New Orleans, 1996.
The
influence of clonidine, ketanserin, nitroglycerin and esmolol on
myogenic transcranial motor evoked potentials.
Chapter
9 - Ubags LH, Kalkman CJ,
Been HD, Porsius M, Bosch DA
Intraoperative
spinal cord monitoring with myogenic motor evoked potentials to
multiple transcranial electrical stimuli; experiences during 208
operations.
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H.P.A. van Dongen
PhD
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Chapter
1 - Introduction
Chapter
2 - van Dongen EP, Schepens
MA, ter Beck HT and Boezeman EH
The
role of evoked potentials in the prevention of spinal cord
ischemia during thoracic and thoracoabdominal aortic surgery.
Published in the 4th volume in the
course on techniques in vascular surgery: "Thoracic and
thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysms" Editors: Chiesa R and
Melissano G.
Chapter
3 - van Dongen EP, ter Beck
HT, Schepens MA, Morshuis WJ, de Boer A, Aarts LP and Boezeman EH
Within
patient variability of lower extremity muscle responses to
transcranial electrical stimulation with pulse trains in aortic
surgery. Clin
Neurophysiol 1999; 110: 1144-48
Chapter
4 - van Dongen EP, ter Beck
HT, Schepens MA, Morshuis WJ, Langemeijer HJ, de Boer A and
Boezeman EH
Within
patient variability of myogenic motor-evoked potentials to
multi-pulse transcranial electrical stimulation during two levels
of partial neuromuscular blockade in aortic surgery.
Anesth Analg 1999; 88: 22-7
Chapter
5 - van Dongen EP, ter Beck
HT, Schepens MA, Morshuis WJ, Langemeijer HJ and Kalkman CJ
The
influence of nitrous oxide to supplement fentanyl/low dose
propofol anesthesia on transcranial myogenic motor evoked
potentials during thoracic aortic surgery. J
Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth 1999; 13: 30-4
Chapter
6 - van Dongen EP, ter Beck
HT, Schepens MA, Morshuis WJ, de Boer A, Aarts LP and Boezeman EH
The
effect of nitrous oxide on myogenic motor potentials evoked by a
six pulse train of transcranial electrical stimuli; a possible
monitor for aortic surgery. Br
J Anaesth 1999; 82: 323-8
Chapter
7 - van Dongen EP, ter Beck
HT, Aarts LP, Schepens MA, Morshuis WJ, Benning FJ, de Boer A and
Boezeman EH
The
effect of two low-dose propofol infusions on the relationship
between six pulse transcranial electrical stimulation and evoked
lower extremity muscle response. Acta
Anaesthesiol Scand 2000 Aug;44(7):799-803
Chapter
8 - van Dongen EP, ter Beck
HT, Boezeman EH, Schepens MA, Langemeijer HJ and Aarts LP
Normal
serum of S-100 protein and changes in cerebrospinal fluid
concentrations of S-100 concentrations protein during and
thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysm surgery: Is S-100 protein a
biochemical marker of after clinical value in spinal cord ischemia?
J Vasc Surg 1998; 27: 344-6
Chapter
9 - van Dongen EP, ter Beek
HT, Schepens MA, Morshuis WJ, Haas FJ, de Boer A, Boezeman EH,
Aarts LP
The
relationship between evoked potentials and measurements of S-100
protein in cerebrospinal fluid during and after thoracoabdominal
aortic aneurysm surgery. J
Vasc Surg 1999 Aug;30(2):293-300
Chapter
10 - van Dongen EP, ter
Beck HT, Aarts LP, Schepens MA, Morshuis WJ, de Boer A and
Boezeman EH
The
impact of monitoring myogenic transcranial motor-evoked potentials
during surgical procedures on the descending thoracic and
thoracoabdominal aorta. Part
Published: Ann Thorac Surg 1999 Jun;67(6):1963-7; discussion
1979-80
Chapter
11 - van Dongen EP
Summary
and conclusions.
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S. Meylaerts PhD
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Chapter
1
Meylaerts
SA
Introduction
- Spinal Cord Protection during thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysm
repair.
Chapter
2
Meylaerts
SA, de Haan P, Kalkman CJ, Lips J, de Mol BA and Jacobs MJ
The
influence of regional spinal cord hypothermia on transcranial
myogenic motor-evoked potentials and the efficacy of spinal cord
ischemia detection. Journal of Thoracic &
Cardiovascular Surgery 118(6):1038-1045, 1999.
Chapter
3
Meylaerts
SA, Kalkman CJ, de Haan P, Porsius M, Jacobs MJ.
Epidural
versus subdural spinal cord cooling: cerebrospinal fluid
temperature and pressure changes. Ann Thorac Surg.
2000 Jul;70(1):222-7; discussion 228
Chapter
4
Meylaerts
SA, de Haan P, Kalkman CJ, Jaspers J and Jacobs MJ.
Selective
segmental artery perfusion during aortic cross-clamping preserves
spinal cord neurophysiologic function in pigs. Part
Published with Chapter 5: Ann Thorac Surg. 1999
Oct;68(4):1278-84
Chapter
5
Meylaerts
SA, de Haan P, Kalkman CJ, Jaspers J, Vanicky, I and Jacobs MJ.
Selective
segmental artery perfusion during aortic cross-clamping prevents
paraplegia in pigs. Part Published with Chapter 4: J
Vasc Surg. 2000 Jul;32(1):160-70
Chapter
6
Jacobs
MJ, Meylaerts SA, de Haan P, de Mol BA and Kalkman CJ.
Strategies
to prevent neurologic deficit based on motor-evoked potentials in
type I and II thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysm repair. Journal
of Vascular Surgery 29(1):48-57, 1999.
Chapter
7
Meylaerts
SA, Jacobs MJ, Iterson van V, de Haan P and Kalkman CJ
Comparison
of transcranial motor evoked potentials and somatosensory evoked
potentials during thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysm repair.
Annals of Surgery 230(6):742-749, 1999.
Chapter
8
Meylaerts
SA
General
discussion and concluding remarks.
Chapter
9
Meylaerts
SA
Summary
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