Comparative Sensitivity of Intraoperative Motor Evoked Potential Monitoring in Predicting Postoperative Neurologic Deficits: Nondegenerative versus Degenerative Myelopathy

Conclusions Based on this large retrospective analysis, intraoperative MEP monitoring in surgery for nondegenerative CSM cases appears to be less sensitive to cord injury and less predictive of postoperative deficits when compared with degenerative CSM cases.[...]Georg Thieme Verlag KG Stuttgart · New YorkArticle in Thieme eJournals:Table of contents  |  Abstract  |  open access Full text

Source: Global Spine Journal - October 25, 2015 Category: Orthopaedics Authors: Clark, Aaron J.Safaee, MichaelChou, DeanWeinstein, Philip R.Molinaro, Annette M.Clark, John P.Mummaneni, Praveen V. Tags: Original Article Source Type: research