[Use of a transcutaneous neuro-stimulator as peroperative stimulator in neurosurgical treatment of spasticity and traumatic lesions of the peripheral nerves and brachial plexus].

We have had the opportunity to use a standard percutaneous stimulator as an intraoperative stimulator, with the use of sterile leads, in order to palliate the sudden failure of our usual surgical stimulator. The simplicity and the possibility of modulation of the device, brought us to use it several times in different purposes of surgical work for spasticity, neurotization of the brachial plexus and treatment of fresh wounds of the nerves. Important features of this new way of using this device are simplicity of programation (width and frequency rates), good stability of chosen parameters, low diffusion allowing selective stimulation, and above all low cost versus standard devices used for this purpose.