Intraoperative EMG during spinal pedicle screw instrumentation

Handbook of Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 8, Issue C, 2008, Pages 404-422

  Balzer, Jeffrey R ^a   Crammond, Donald ^a   Habeych, Miguel ^a   Sclabassi, Robert J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

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EID: 77957091136     PISSN: 15674231     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S1567-4231(07)08028-8     Document Type: Review

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