Renee016
01-22-2003, 07:39 PM
I saw the nuerologist again today. He looked at my MRI's and told me he wants me to see a nuerosurgeon (whom I already had an apt to see). He said he has seen patients with herniated discs in their neck that have only leg problems - I guess my orthopedist never heard of this?!?!?!? So he is sending me for an SSEP test next week. Does anyone know anything about this test? Any advice would be appreciated.
Thanks, Renee
Thanks, Renee
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FloridaGuy
01-22-2003, 09:58 PM
Hi,
SSEP is Somatosensory Evoked Potentials, its an electrical study, they send electrical currents thru the arms/legs and then read the signal in the brain. My nuerologist talked about this but he did a EMG where they send electrial signal down the arm. The EMG was not too painful, just a little uncomfortable.
Good Luck
FG
ACDF C5-C6, C6-C7 with Donor bone, Titanium plate and six screws. April 23, 2002
SSEP is Somatosensory Evoked Potentials, its an electrical study, they send electrical currents thru the arms/legs and then read the signal in the brain. My nuerologist talked about this but he did a EMG where they send electrial signal down the arm. The EMG was not too painful, just a little uncomfortable.
Good Luck
FG
ACDF C5-C6, C6-C7 with Donor bone, Titanium plate and six screws. April 23, 2002