Intraoperative neurophysiologic spinal cord monitoring in thoracolumbar burst fractures

Spine

Volumn 34, Issue 24, 2009, Pages 2662-2668

  Castellon, Alfredo T ^a   Meves, Robert ^a   Avanzi, Osmar ^a  

^a FACULDADE DE CIÊNCIAS MÉDICAS DA SANTA CASA DE SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Pinal cord monitoring; Spine; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; FEMALE; FRACTURE REDUCTION; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LAMINOPLASTY; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NERVE FUNCTION; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD DECOMPRESSION; SPINAL CORD FUNCTION; SPINE FRACTURE; THORACOLUMBAR BURST FRACTURE; THORACOLUMBAR SPINE;

ADULT; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; EVOKED POTENTIALS, SOMATOSENSORY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, INTRAOPERATIVE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NEURAL CONDUCTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINAL FRACTURES; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; VERTEBROPLASTY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 72849109391     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e3181bf151b     Document Type: Article

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