What Is the Best Multimodality Combination for Intraoperative Spinal Cord Monitoring of Motor Function? A Multicenter Study by the Monitoring Committee of the Japanese Society for Spine Surgery and Related Research

Conclusions The best multimodality combination for intraoperative spinal cord monitoring is TcMEP + Br-SCEP, which had the highest sensitivity (90%), the lowest false-positive rate (6.1%), and the lowest false-negative rate (0.2%).[...]Georg Thieme Verlag KG Stuttgart · New YorkArticle in Thieme eJournals:Table of contents  |  Abstract  |  open access Full text

Source: Global Spine Journal - July 31, 2015 Category: Orthopaedics Authors: Ito, ZenyaMatsuyama, YukihiroAndo, MuneharuKawabata, ShigenoriKanchiku, TsukasaKida, KazunobuFujiwara, YasushiYamada, KeiYamamoto, NaoyaKobayashi, ShoSaito, TakanoriWada, KanichiroSatomi, KazuhikoShinomiya, KenichiTani, Toshikazu Tags: Original Article Source Type: research