Recording diffusion responses from contralateral intercostal muscles after stimulus-triggered electromyography: Refining a tool for the assessment of thoracic pedicle screw placement in an experimental porcine model

Spine

Volumn 34, Issue 11, 2009, Pages

  De Blas, Gema ^a   Burgos, Jesús ^a   Regidor, Ignacio ^a   Barrios, Carlos ^b   Solá, Román ^a   García Urquiza, Sergio ^a   Hevia, Eduardo ^c  

^a HOSPITAL RAMÓN Y CAJAL   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^c Hospital la Fraternidad   (Spain)

Author keywords

Pedicle screws; Pig model; Thoracic spine; Triggered electromyography

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; INTERCOSTAL MUSCLE; MUSCLE EXCITATION; NERVE ROOT; NERVE STIMULATION; NERVOUS TISSUE; NONHUMAN; PEDICLE SCREW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD; STIMULUS RESPONSE; SWINE; THORACIC SPINE;

ANIMALS; BONE SCREWS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; INTERCOSTAL MUSCLES; MODELS, ANATOMIC; MODELS, ANIMAL; SPINAL FUSION; SWINE; THORACIC VERTEBRAE;

EID: 67650331296     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e3181a273a6     Document Type: Article

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