Mapping dermatomes during selective dorsal rhizotomy: Case report and review of the literature

Surgical Neurology

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 292-297

  Nemecek, Andrew N ^a,c   Avellino, Anthony M ^a   Goodkin, Robert ^a   Little, James ^b   Kliot, Michel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Veteran's Administration Puget Sound Health Care System   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Dermatome; Monitoring; Rhizotomy

Indexed keywords

CARBAMAZEPINE; CLONIDINE; MEXILETINE; OPIATE; PHENYTOIN; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ADULT; ANALGESIA; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DERMATOME; DISEASE SEVERITY; DORSAL RHIZOTOMY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; GUNSHOT INJURY; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; NERVE DECOMPRESSION; NERVE TRANSECTION; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROSURGERY; PAIN; PARESTHESIA; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RECORDING; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WAR;

EID: 0141737851     PISSN: 00903019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0090-3019(03)00238-6     Document Type: Article

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