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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1996-7-19
pubmed:abstractText
Intraoperative peripheral nerve injury is a serious potential complication of orthopaedic surgery and various intraoperative neurophysiologic monitoring techniques have been used to avoid this complication. Although somatosensory evoked potentials have been used effectively in spinal surgery, the efficacy of this technique has not been demonstrated in total hip arthroplasty. Spontaneous electromyography is a promising, alternative nerve monitoring technique. This technique was used in 44 consecutive revision and complex hip arthroplasty procedures. Five cases demonstrated sustained electromyography activity during surgery that subsided after retractors were removed and the limb brought into an anatomic position. In none of these five cases was there any evidence of clinical neurologic dysfunction after surgery. One patient developed causalgia without any motor deficit, but had no sustained electromyography activity during surgery. Spontaneous electromyography provides real-time monitoring of nerve function that allows immediate corrective action to be taken before nerve injury occurs.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Feb
pubmed:issn
0883-5403
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
11
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
206-9
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:8648319-Adolescent, pubmed-meshheading:8648319-Adult, pubmed-meshheading:8648319-Aged, pubmed-meshheading:8648319-Aged, 80 and over, pubmed-meshheading:8648319-Causalgia, pubmed-meshheading:8648319-Electromyography, pubmed-meshheading:8648319-Female, pubmed-meshheading:8648319-Fourier Analysis, pubmed-meshheading:8648319-Hip Prosthesis, pubmed-meshheading:8648319-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:8648319-Intraoperative Complications, pubmed-meshheading:8648319-Male, pubmed-meshheading:8648319-Middle Aged, pubmed-meshheading:8648319-Monitoring, Intraoperative, pubmed-meshheading:8648319-Muscle, Skeletal, pubmed-meshheading:8648319-Peroneal Nerve, pubmed-meshheading:8648319-Postoperative Complications, pubmed-meshheading:8648319-Signal Processing, Computer-Assisted, pubmed-meshheading:8648319-Tibial Nerve
pubmed:year
1996
pubmed:articleTitle
Use of spontaneous electromyography during revision and complex total hip arthroplasty.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Washington University School of Medicine, Barnes Hospital, St. Louis, Missouri 63110, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article