The effects of spinal cord injury induced by shortening on motor evoked potentials and spinal cord blood flow: An experimental study in swine

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 93, Issue 19, 2011, Pages 1781-1789

  Modi, Hitesh N ^a   Suh, Seung Woo ^b   Hong, Jae Young ^b   Yang, Jae Hyuk ^b  

^a Satellite   (India)

^b Korea University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; EXPERIMENTAL PIG; HEMATOMA; LEG MOVEMENT; MORPHOLOGY; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; PEDICLE SCREW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD BLOOD FLOW; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; SPINAL CORD FUNCTION; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SPINAL CORD ISCHEMIA; SPINAL CORD POTENTIAL; SPINAL SHORTENING; THORACIC SPINE; VERTEBRA; VERTEBRA BODY;

EID: 80053939340     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: 15351386     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/JBJS.I.01794     Document Type: Article

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