Safe pedicle screw placement in thoracic scoliotic curves using t-EMG: Stimulation threshold variability at concavity and convexity in apex segments

Spine

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2012, Pages

  De Blas, Gema ^a   Barrios, Carlos ^b   Regidor, Ignacio ^a   Montes, Elena ^a   Burgos, Jesús ^a   Pizá Vallespir, Gabriel ^c   Hevia, Eduardo ^d  

^a HOSPITAL RAMÓN Y CAJAL   (Spain)

^b Valencia Catholic University   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO SON ESPASES   (Spain)

^d Hospital la Fraternidad   (Spain)

Author keywords

surgical treatment; thoracic pedicle screws; thoracic scoliosis; triggered EMG

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEVICE REMOVAL; DEVICE SAFETY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PEDICLE SCREW; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCOLIOSIS; SPINE FUSION; THORACIC SCOLIOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BONE SCREWS; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MONITORING, INTRAOPERATIVE; SCOLIOSIS; SPINAL FUSION; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84858797655     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e31823b077b     Document Type: Article

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