Electrical stimulation for intraoperative evaluation of thoracic pedicle screw placement

Spine

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 595-601

  Shi, Yong bing ^a   Binette, Michael ^a   Martin, William H ^a   Pearson, James M ^a   Hart, Robert A ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Electromyography; Intraoperative neurophysiologic monitoring; Pedicle screw stimulation; Thoracic pedicle screw

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL WALL MUSCULATURE; ARTICLE; BONE SCREW; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICAL BONE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FLEXOR MUSCLE; HUMAN; INTERCOSTAL MUSCLE; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINE FUSION; THORACIC SPINE; VERTEBRA;

BONE SCREWS; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; SPINAL DISEASES; SPINAL FUSION; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0037444298     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-200303150-00015     Document Type: Article

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