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Intraoperative electromyographic monitoring to optimize safe lumbar pedicle screw placement – a retrospective analysis

BACKGROUND: The foremost concern of a surgeon during pedicle screw fixation is safety. Assistive modalities, especially intraoperative electromyographic monitoring (EMG) can function as an essential tool to recognize screw malposition that compromise neural integrity, so that the screws can be repos...

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Autores principales: Kaliya-Perumal, Arun-Kumar, Charng, Jiun-Ran, Niu, Chi-Chien, Tsai, Tsung-Ting, Lai, Po-Liang, Chen, Lih-Huei, Chen, Wen-Jer
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5450215/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28558816
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12891-017-1594-1