The effect of neuromuscular blockade on pedicle screw stimulation thresholds

Spine

Volumn 25, Issue 19, 2000, Pages 2526-2530

  Minahan, Robert E ^a,b   Riley III, Lee H ^a   Lukaczyk, Tamara ^a   Cohen, David B ^a   Kostuik, John P ^a  

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

^b JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Intraoperative monitoring; Neuromuscular blockade; Pedicle screws; Spine

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; HUMAN; IMPLANT; NERVE ROOT; NERVE STIMULATION; NEUROMUSCULAR BLOCKING; NEUROMUSCULAR FUNCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINE SURGERY;

BONE SCREWS; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MONITORING, INTRAOPERATIVE; NERVE COMPRESSION SYNDROMES; NEUROMUSCULAR BLOCKADE; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; RADICULOPATHY; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; SPINAL NERVE ROOTS;

EID: 0034307388     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-200010010-00016     Document Type: Article

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