Where intraoperative reflexes can be used to monitor nerve root and spinal cord gray matter function

Spine Journal

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 480-481

  Leppanen, Ronald E ^a   Stoffell, Susan ^a   Sweat, Walter ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; CASE REPORT; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC SCOLIOSIS; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MALE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MOTOR NERVE; MUSCLE REFLEX; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NERVE ROOT; NERVE STIMULATION; NOTE; OPEN REDUCTION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT MONITORING; POLYSYNAPTIC REFLEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADICULOPATHY; SENSORY NERVE; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SPINE STABILIZATION; VERTEBRA FRACTURE;

ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; HUMANS; MALE; MONITORING, INTRAOPERATIVE; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEURONS, AFFERENT; REFLEX; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPINAL CORD DISEASES; SPINAL NERVE ROOTS;

EID: 3342970584     PISSN: 15299430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.spinee.2004.01.005     Document Type: Note

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