Electromyographic monitoring and its anatomical implications in minimally invasive spine surgery

Spine

Volumn 35, Issue SUPPL. 26S, 2010, Pages

  Uribe, Juan S ^a   Vale, Fernando L ^a   Dakwar, Elias ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

electromyography (EMG); extreme lateral interbody fusion (XLIF); lumbar plexus; minimally invasive; neuromonitoring; psoas

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LUMBAR SPINE; MEDLINE; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; MORBIDITY; NEUROMONITORING; PATIENT MONITORING; PATIENT SAFETY; PEDICLE SCREW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSOAS MUSCLE; SPINE SURGERY; SURGICAL APPROACH; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC);

ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MONITORING, INTRAOPERATIVE; SPINAL FUSION; SPINE; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE;

EID: 78650926956     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e3182027976     Document Type: Article

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