Cervical root stimulation at C5/6 excites C8/T1 roots and minimizes pneumothorax risk

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 766-768

  Sander, Howard W ^a,b   Menkes, Daniel L ^c   Triggs, William J ^d   Chokroverty, Sudhansu ^a,b,e  

^a ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^c University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e RUTGERS ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Cervical root stimulation; Conduction block; Electromyography; Pneumothorax

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CERVICAL PLEXUS; CERVICAL SPINE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; HUMAN; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; MUSCLE ACTION POTENTIAL; NERVE BLOCK; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NERVE ROOT; NERVE STIMULATION; PNEUMOTHORAX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK;

ELECTRIC STIMULATION; HUMANS; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; NECK; NEEDLES; PNEUMOTHORAX; REFERENCE VALUES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPINAL NERVE ROOTS;

EID: 0033032998     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4598(199906)22:6<766::AID-MUS14>3.0.CO;2-J     Document Type: Article

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