World Neurosurgery
Volume 73, Issue 1 , Pages 72-76 , January 2010

Role of intraoperative neurophysiologic monitoring in lumbosacral spine fusion and instrumentation: a retrospective study

  • Saeid Alemo, MD

      Affiliations

    • Departments of Neurological Surgery, Drexel College of Medicine, Hahnemann University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA 19152, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +1 215 331 0126; fax: +1 215 331 0520.
    • ,
  • Amirali Sayadipour, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurosurgery, University Neurosurgical Pain Clinic, Philadelphia, PA 19152, USA

Received 27 August 2008 ,Accepted 14 April 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.surneu.2009.04.024

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