Continuous electromyographic monitoring to detect nerve root injury during thoracolumbar scoliosis surgery

Spine

Volumn 22, Issue 21, 1997, Pages 2547-2550

  Holland, Neil R ^a,c   Kostuik, John P ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Electromyography; Intraoperative monitoring; Scoliosis; Somatosensory evoked potentials; Spinal nerve roots

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC SCOLIOSIS; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; NERVE ROOT INJURY; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCOLIOSIS; SPINE MALFORMATION; SPINE SURGERY; THORACOLUMBAR SPINE;

ADULT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; EVOKED POTENTIALS, SOMATOSENSORY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MONITORING, INTRAOPERATIVE; SCOLIOSIS; SPINAL NERVE ROOTS; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; TIBIAL NERVE;

EID: 0031410018     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-199711010-00016     Document Type: Article

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