Spinal cord and nerve root monitoring during surgical treatment of lumbar stenosis

Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research

Volumn 384, Issue , 2001, Pages 82-100

  Weiss, David S ^a,b,c  

^a LENOX HILL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b North Shore University   (United States)

^c Intraoperative Monitoring Serv   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; HUMAN; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; METHODOLOGY; PATIENT MONITORING; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL ROOT; VERTEBRAL CANAL STENOSIS;

DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; EVOKED POTENTIALS, SOMATOSENSORY; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MONITORING, INTRAOPERATIVE; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL NERVE ROOTS; SPINAL STENOSIS;

EID: 0035289778     PISSN: 0009921X     EISSN: 15281132     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003086-200103000-00011     Document Type: Article

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