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Original Article

Surgical Education: Scientific Dialogue++Experimental Use of Somatosensory Evoked Potential for Intraoperative Identification of Spinal Cord Blood Supply

M. T. Janusz Department of Surgery, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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A. K. Qayumi Department of Surgery, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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W. R. E. Jamieson Department of Surgery, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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D. J. Fairholm Department of Surgery, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Pages 195-203 | Received 28 Apr 1997, Accepted 08 May 1997, Published online: 09 Jul 2009

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