Solid and hollow pedicle screws affect the electrical resistance: A potential source of error with stimulus-evoked electromyography

Indian Journal of Orthopaedics

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 352-356

  Wang, Hongwei ^a   Liao, Xinhua ^a   Ma, Xianguang ^a   Li, Changqing ^a   Han, Jianda ^b   Zhou, Yue ^a  

^a THIRD MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SHENYANG INSTITUTE OF AUTOMATION   (China)

Author keywords

Electrical resistance; electromyography; pedicle screw; percutaneous pedicle screw

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893956066     PISSN: 00195413     EISSN: 19983727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0019-5413.114915     Document Type: Article

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