Dysfunction of the spinal cord during spinal arthrodesis for scoliosis: Recommendations for early detection and treatment: A case report

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 80, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 1679-1683

  Potenza, Vito ^a,b   Weinstein, Stuart L ^a   Neyt, Jeroen G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA HOSPITALS AND CLINICS   (United States)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARNOLD CHIARI MALFORMATION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LAMINECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCOLIOSIS; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; SPINE FUSION; SYRINGOMYELIA;

EID: 0031785764     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/00004623-199811000-00016     Document Type: Article

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