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Table 3 IONM changes during spine/spinal cord surgeries

From: Impact of multimodal intraoperative neurophysiological monitoring of the spinal cord during spine and spinal cord surgeries

Operation

Change in intraoperative parameters

SEP (n = 3)

MEP (n = 6)

EMG (n = 3)

Cervical lesion resection

0

1

1

D12-L3 lipoma

1

0

0

Dorsal kyphosis

0

1

0

Dorsal lesion

1

0

0

Scoliosis

1

0

0

Selective dorsal rhizotomy

0

1

1

Spinal cord neurofibromatosis

0

2

0

Spine cervical tumor C4–C5

0

1

1

  1. IONM Intraoperative neurophysiological monitoring