Clinical usefulness of somatosensory evoked potentials for detection of brachial plexopathy secondary to malpositioning in scoliosis surgery

Spine

Volumn 30, Issue 18, 2005, Pages 2089-2093

  Labrom, Robert D ^a,c   Hoskins, Marilyn ^a   Reilly, Christopher W ^a,b   Tredwell, Stephen J ^a,b   Wong, Peter K H ^a,b  

^a BC CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c WESLEY HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Brachial plexopathy; Scoliosis surgery; Somatosensory evoked potentials; Ulnar nerve injury

Indexed keywords

AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARTICLE; BRACHIAL PLEXUS INJURY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT MONITORING; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCOLIOSIS; SPINAL CORD FUNCTION; SPINE MALFORMATION; STANDARD; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; ULNAR NERVE;

BRACHIAL PLEXUS; BRACHIAL PLEXUS NEUROPATHIES; CHILD; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; EVOKED POTENTIALS, SOMATOSENSORY; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCOLIOSIS; ULNAR NERVE;

EID: 25444492376     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.brs.0000179305.89193.46     Document Type: Article

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