The electromyographic responses to dorsal rootlet stimulation during partial dorsal rhizotomy are inconsistent

Pediatric Neurosurgery

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 13-19

  Warf, Benjamin C ^a   Nelson, Kevin R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Intraoperative electrophysiologic monitoring; Rhizotomy; Spasticity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DORSAL RHIZOTOMY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; HUMAN; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPASTICITY;

CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; GANGLIA, SPINAL; HUMANS; MALE; MONITORING, INTRAOPERATIVE; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE SPASTICITY; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RHIZOTOMY;

EID: 0030452098     PISSN: 10162291     EISSN: 14230305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000121090     Document Type: Article

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