Spinal surgery involves a wide spectrum of procedures during which the spinal cord, nerve
roots, and key blood vessels are frequently placed at risk for injury. Neuromonitoring …

Spine surgery carries an inherent risk of damage to critical neural structures. Intraoperative
neurophysiological monitoring (IONM) is frequently used to improve the safety of spine …

Nonoperative treatment with collar immobilization and modification of activities improves
functional status in selected patients with mild cervical spondylotic myelopathy. Careful …

Spondylosis refers to age-related degenerative changes within the spinal column.
Radiographic evidence of cervical spondylosis is frequent in asymptomatic adults1, 2 …

BACKGROUND: C5 palsy is a known cause of postoperative deltoid weakness. Prognostic
variables affecting the incidence of the palsy have been poorly understood. OBJECTIVE: To …

Study Design. Prospective multicenter study. Objective. To analyze the incidence of
intraoperative spinal neuromonitoring (IONM) alerts and neurological complications, as well …

Intraoperative neurophysiologic monitoring (IONM) is a battery of neurophysiologic tests
used to assess the functional integrity of the spinal cord, nerve roots, and other peripheral …

Object The incidence of postoperative C-5 spinal nerve root palsy following decompressive
cervical spinal surgery has been reported to be as high as 12% for anterior procedures and …

Intraoperative monitoring (IOM) utilizes electrophysiological techniques as a surrogate test
and evaluation of nervous function while a patient is under general anesthesia. They are …

Neurophysiological monitoring is of undoubted value for the intraoperative safety of
neurosurgical procedures. Widely developed and used for cranial surgery, it is equally as …