Stimulus-evoked electromyography testing of percutaneous pedicle screws for the detection of pedicle breaches: A clinical study of 409 screws in 93 patients - Presented at the 2009 Joint Spine Section Meeting: Clinical article

Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 600-605

  Wang, Michael Y ^a   Pineiro, Guillermo ^a   Mummaneni, Praveen V ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Complication; Electromyography; Electrophysiologic monitoring; Minimally invasive technique; Pedicle screw; Percutaneous screw; Safety

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUMBAR ARTERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PEDICLE SCREW; PERCUTANEOUS PEDICLE SCREW; PREDICTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REFERENCE VALUE; RELIABILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STIMULUS;

ADULT; AGED; BONE SCREWS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MATERIALS TESTING; MIDDLE AGED; ORTHOPEDIC FIXATION DEVICES; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 78149290313     PISSN: 15475654     EISSN: 15475646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2010.5.SPINE09536     Document Type: Article

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