The Role of Intraoperative Neuromonitoring Modalities in Anterior Cervical Spine Surgery.

ABSTRACT: Background: Intraoperative neuromonitoring (IONM) is frequently used during spine surgery to mitigate the risk of neurological injuries. Yet, its role in anterior cervical spine surgery remains controversial. Without consensus on which anterior cervical spine surgeries would benefit the most from IONM, there is a lack of standardized guidelines for its use in such procedures. Purpose: We sought to assess the alerts generated by each IONM modality for 4 commonly performed anterior cervical spinal surgeries: anterior cervical diskectomy and fusion (ACDF), anterior cervical corpectomy and fusion (ACCF), cervical disk replacement (CDR), or anterior diskectomy. In doing so, we sought to determine which IONM modalities (electromyography [EMG], motor evoked potentials [MEP], and som

SUBMITTER: Chandra AA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9837402 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature