Intraoperative SSEP detection of ulnar nerve compression or ischemia in an obese patient: A unique complication associated with a specialized spinal retraction system

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 130-132

  Baumann, Stephen B ^a   Welch, William C ^a,b   Bloom, Marc J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Evoked potentials; Obesity; Rehabilitation; Somatosensory; Ulnar nerve

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CORE TEMPERATURE; CUBITAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MEDIAN NERVE; OBESITY; PATIENT MONITORING; PERONEUS NERVE; RETRACTOR;

EID: 0033989094     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/apmr.2000.0810130     Document Type: Article

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