The value of neuromonitoring in cervical spine surgery
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Spine Surgery Unit, Departments of Neurosurgery, Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, Israel Affiliated with Sackler Faculty of Medicine, 1Spine Surgery Unit, Tel‐Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Weitzman 6, 2Spine Surgery Unit, Assaf Harofeh Medical Center, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel‐Aviv University, 3Neurosurgery, Rambam Medical Center and Faculty of Medicine, Technion‐Israel Istitute of Technology, Haifa, 4Spinal Care Unit, Meir Hospital, Kfar‐Sava, 5Neurosurgery, Hadassah University Hospital, Jerusalem, Israel, 6Neurosciences, Metro Health Medical Center, Case Western Reserve University, 2500 Metro Health Dr., Cleveland, OH 44109, 7Center for Spine Health, Cleveland Clinic, 9500 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44195, USA
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