Seminars in Spine Surgery
Volume 19, Issue 4 , Pages 280-285 , December 2007

Consideration for Spinal Cord Monitoring of Patients with Cervical Injuries

  • Joon Y. Lee, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Division of Spinal Surgery, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA.
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests to Joon Y. Lee, MD, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Division of Spinal Surgery, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, 3471 5th Avenue, Suite 1010, Pittsburgh, PA 15213.
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  • Joseph Zavatsky, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Albert Einstein Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA.
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  • Paul Gause, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Division of Spinal Surgery, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA.
    • ,
  • Laura Wiegand, BS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Division of Spinal Surgery, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA.

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PII: S1040-7383(07)00110-4

doi: 10.1053/j.semss.2007.09.010

Seminars in Spine Surgery
Volume 19, Issue 4 , Pages 280-285 , December 2007

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