Intraoperative neurophysiology monitoring in scoliosis surgery in children

• Published in: Clinical neurophysiology practice Vol. 4; pp. 11 - 17
• Main Authors: Nagarajan, Lakshmi, Ghosh, Soumya, Dillon, David, Palumbo, Linda, Woodland, Peter, Thalayasingam, Priya, Lethbridge, Martyn
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Netherlands Elsevier B.V 01.01.2019; Elsevier
• Subjects: Children; Clinical and; Intraoperative neurophysiology monitoring; Scoliosis surgery; Somatosensory evoked potentials; Total intravenous anaesthesia; Transcranial electrical stimulation evoked motor potentials; Scoliosis surgery; Transcranial electrical stimulation evoked motor potentials; Children; Somatosensory evoked potentials; Total intravenous anaesthesia; Intraoperative neurophysiology monitoring

•Is Intraoperative neurophysiology monitoring (INM) needed in scoliosis surgery?•Our experience with INM in 61 surgeries in 56 children shows that it is useful.•Propose alert criteria for Transcranial electrical motor evoked potentials in INM.•We recommend the use of total intravenous anaesthesia fo...