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Recommended Reading - EMG

Can Triggered Electromyograph Thresholds Predict Safe Thoracic Pedicle Screw Placement?
Raynor Spine Vol 27, #18 2002

Continuous Intraoperative electromyographic recording during spinal surgery
Beatty J Neurosurg 82:401-405, 1995

Electrical Stimulation for Intraoperative Evaluation of Thoracic Pedicle Screw Placement
Yong-bing Shi, Spine Vol. 28 #6 pp595-601. 2003

Electromyography Monitoring for Percutaneous Placement of Iliosacral Screws
Webb….Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma Vol 14 #4, pp 245-254

Evaluation with evoked and spontaneous electromyography during lumbar instrumentation: a prospective study.
Welch J. Neurosurg 87: 397-402 1997

Higher Electrical Stimulus Intensities Are Required to Activate Chronically Compressed Nerve Roots Implications for Intraoperative Electomyographic Pedicle Screw Testing
Holland Spine Vol 23 #2 1998

Intraoperative Electromyography
Holland Journal of Clinical Neurophysiology 19(5): 444-453 2002

Intraoperative Neurophysiologic Detection of Iatrogenic C5 Nerve Root Injury during Laminectomy for Cervical Compression Myelopathy
Fan, Dapeng Spine Vol 27, #22 2002

“Intraoperative Neurophysiological Monitoring of the Spinal Cord and Nerve Roots” Invited Review
J. Slimp Ph.D., University of Washington School of Medicine
SpineLine, September/October 2006

Intra-operative spinal cord monitoring in orthopaedics
Macri…. Spinal Cord (2003) 38, 133-139

Lack of specificity in electrophysiological identification of lower sacral roots during selective dorsal rhizotomy
Ojemann J. Neurosurg 86:28-33,1997

Letter to the Editor “The Spine Journal” 6 (2006) 473-476
Dickerman, Guyer, and Hisey
Re: Ozgur Spine J 2005

 

Literature Summary for EMG through 2003

“Lack of specificity in electrophysiological identification of lower sacral roots during selective dorsal rhizotomy” Ojemann, 1997

“Evaluation with evoked and spontaneous electromyography during lumbar instrumentation; a prospective study” Welch 1997

“Electrical Stimulation for Intraoperative Evaluation of Thoracic Pedicle Screw Placement” Shi 2003

“Higher Electrical Stimulus Intensities Are Required to Activate Chronically Compressed Nerve Roots. Implications for Intraoperative Electomyographic Pedicle Screw Testing” Holland 1998
“Continuous intraoperative electromyographic recording during spinal surgery” Beatty 1995

“Can Triggered Electromyograph Thresholds Predict Safe Thoracic Pedicle Screw Placement? Raynor 2002

Multimodality intraoperative monitoring during complex lumbosacral procedures: indications, techniques, and long-term follow-up review of 61 consecutive cases.
Authors: Krassioukov, Sarjeant, Arrkia, and Fehlings
J. Neurosurg (Spine 1) 3: 243-253, 2004

Neurophysiologogical Monitoring for Safe Surgical Tethered Cord Syndrome Release in Adults
Author: Quinones-Hinojosa, Gadkary, Gulati, vonKoch, Lyon, Weinstein, Yingling
Surg Neurol 2004; 62: 127-135

Real-Time Continuous Intraoperative Electromyographic and Somatosensory Evoked Potential Recordings in Spinal Surgery: Correlation of Clinical and Electrophysiologic Findings in a Prospective, Consecutive Series of 213 Cases
Authors: Gunnarsson, Krassioukov, Sarjeant, Fehlings
Spine Vol 29, #6, 677-684, 2004

“The Initial Use of Free-running Electromyography to Detect Early Motor Tract Injury during Resection of Intramedullary Spinal Cord Lesions”
Skinner, Stanley Vol 56, Operative Neurosurgery 2 April 2005

“The Role of Intraoperative Electromyographic Monitoring in Lumbosacral Lipomas”
Valentini, Laura Vol 56, Ooperative Neurosurgery 2 April 2005