• Electroencephalogr Clin Neurophysiol · Jan 1998

    Comparative Study

    Usefulness of neurogenic motor evoked potentials for spinal cord monitoring: findings in 112 consecutive patients undergoing surgery for spinal deformity.

    • Y Péréon, J M Bernard, G Fayet, J Delécrin, N Passuti, and P Guihéneuc.
    • Laboratoire d'Explorations Fonctionnelles, University Hospital, Hôtel-Dieu, Nantes, France. ypereon@sante.univ-nantes.fr
    • Electroencephalogr Clin Neurophysiol. 1998 Jan 1; 108 (1): 17-23.

    AbstractNeurogenic motor evoked potential (NMEP) monitoring, which basically represents a monitoring of both motor and somatosensory tracts, has been proposed as a warning system in preventing neural damage during spinal surgery. The aim of this study was to report our clinical experience in 112 consecutive patients undergoing surgery for spinal deformity, and to emphasize the interest of NMEP monitoring. NMEPs were elicited in each patient by electrical stimulation of the spinal cord via needle electrodes placed by the surgeon in the rostral part of the surgical field, and recorded from the right and left sciatic nerves. Concomitantly, somatosensory evoked potentials (SSEPs) were obtained using a standard method. No false-negative cases of intra-operative spinal cord damage were reported. In 3 patients, both NMEPs and SSEPs suddenly disappeared during specific surgical manipulations of the vertebral implants. In these patients, the level of the lesion was easily recognized by moving the stimulating electrodes of NMEPs along the spinal cord, allowing the surgeon to perform laminectomy at the appropriate vertebral level. Spinal cord decompression was a success in two patients, the last unfortunately being paraplegic. Two additional patients exhibited transient reduction in NMEP amplitude at the insertion of a rod while SSEPs did not change significantly. In these two cases, the surgeon modified his procedure according to the NMEP changes, possibly avoiding a neurological complication. Each time evoked potentials were significantly altered, significant information was more rapidly acquired with NMEPs than with SSEPs. These results suggest that NMEPs can be used as primary choice for detecting impeding lesion of the spinal cord during critical steps of spinal surgery.

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