Should evoked potential monitoring be used in degenerative cervical spine surgery? A systematic review

Abstract Background Intraoperative somatosensory evoked potential (SSEP) and transcranial motor evoked potential (tcMEP) monitoring are frequently used in spinal as well as spinal cord surgery for so-called intraoperative neuromonitoring (IONM), while the combination of these techniques is known as...

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Main Authors: Alberto Di Martino, Rocco Papalia, Antonio Caldaria, Guglielmo Torre, Luca Denaro, Vincenzo Denaro
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2019-04-01
Series:Journal of Orthopaedics and Traumatology
Subjects:
MEP
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s10195-019-0524-4