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Journal of the Korean Academy of Rehabilitation Medicine 1988;12(2):12.
Diagnostic Value of Somatosensory Evoked Potential Study in Cervical Myelopathy
Hea Kyung Lim, M.D., Jae Ho Moon, M.D. Jung Soon Shin, M.D. , Ji Cheol Shin, M.D.
Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine
Cervical Myelopathy에서 체성감각유발 전위 검사의 진단적 의의
임혜경, 문재호, 신정순, 신지철
연세대학교 의과대학 재활의학교실
Abstract

There were 46 patients with cervical myelopathy who were diagnosed by clinical signs were radiographic studies. All had extradural defects with distortion of the cervical cord and partial or complete obstruction on nyelogram.

SEP study, stimulating tibial nerve at the ankle revealed abnormality or 76.1% and median nerve 37% and combined median and tibial nerves 78.3%. There were 46 patients with radiculopathies confirmed by electromyography.

Electromyographic examination showed cervical radiculopathy in all of 46 patients.

Cervical myelopathy is pretty common with a high morbidity in general old people. The results indicate SEP stimulating tibial nerve is more sensitive index in the diagnosis of cervical cord pathology than median nerve stimulation.

Key Words: Somatosensory evoked potential, Cervical myelopathy, Diagnosis


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