Improving intraoperative evoked potentials at short latency by a novel neuro-stimulation technology with delayed return discharge
Intraoperative monitoring of cranial nerve function records evoked responses at latencies of a few milliseconds. These responses may be masked by the electrical artifact of the stimulation pulse. We have generated stimulation pulses with an ISIS Neurostimulator providing a novel stimulation artifact reduction technique. reduced width of stimulation artifact extends the toolbox of intraoperative monitoring modalities by rendering the interpretation of cranial nerve evoked potentials more reliable
