Intraoperative SSEP monitoring during external fixation procedures in the lower extremities

Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 155-160

  Makarov, Marina R ^a,b   Delgado, Mauricio R ^a   Birch, John G ^a   Samchukov, Mikhail L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b TEXAS SCOTTISH RITE HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

Author keywords

External fixation; Ilizarov technique; Intraoperative monitoring; Nerve injury; Somatosensory evoked potentials (SSEPs)

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; FEMALE; FRACTURE EXTERNAL FIXATION; HUMAN; LEG; LEG LENGTH INEQUALITY; LIMB DEFECT; MALE; MONITORING; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE INJURY; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0030059348     PISSN: 02716798     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01241398-199603000-00004     Document Type: Article

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